| 单词 | fuss-box |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfuss-box fuss-box n. (a jocular term for) a person who fusses, a fusser. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss > one who bustles or fusses bustlepatea1652 bustler1653 rouseabout1746 stirabout1837 fuss1875 fusser1884 fuss-box1901 1901 R. Meinertzhagen Diary 30 Apr. (1960) 22 Major Mainwaring..is..a grumpy old fuss-box. 1915 W. J. Locke Jaffery x You thought I was going off my chump, you dear old fuss-box. But you were wrong. 1939 D. L. Sayers In Teeth of Evidence 236 What an old fuss~box you are, darling. < as lemmas |
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