| 单词 | a broth of a boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa broth of a boy Phrases. †to make white broth of, said of boiling to death (as a poisoner). a broth of a boy: the essence of what a boy should be, a downright good fellow (Irish English colloquial). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] > boil scalda1536 boil1556 to make white broth of1645 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [noun] > good person > male nib1819 a broth of a boy1823 regular guy1912 white hat1965 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. i. 3 She was afraid that Coke the Lord Chief Justice..would have made white Broth of them, but the Prerogative kept them from the Pot. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII xxiv. 123 Juan was quite ‘a broth of a boy’. 1843 ‘C. Elizabeth’ Judah's Lion 131 Papa says you are the broth of a boy, for taking care of me. < as lemmas |
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