单词 | go-about |
释义 | > as lemmasgo-about go-about n. †(a) something which encircles or encompasses another (obsolete rare); (b) U.S. (now historical) a person who wanders or roams about; a hobo. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Entourure, a compasse..any thing that compasseth, and incloseth another; a goe-about. 1890 E. W. Gilliam 1791 xv. 272 The slaves, of nights, being notorious go-abouts. 1915 Internat. Socialist Rev. Dec. 345/2 An old barn or a filthy vermin-infested bunk-car is good enough for the ‘pesky go-abouts’ who takes [sic] up the harvesting or threshing. 1975 N. Anderson Amer. Hobo iv. 51 He was an elderly man and a skinner, an old go-about. < as lemmas |
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