| 单词 | gyp room |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgyp room gyp room n. Cambridge University (originally) a small kitchen and storeroom used by college servants (now historical); (in later use) a small kitchenette used by students. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > educational buildings > [noun] > college or university buildings > other rooms in college or university Proscholium1647 pig market1717 gyp room1825 1825 Galignani's Mag. Apr. 217/1 The gyp-room, being about three feet square or so, and serving as larder, buttery, and kitchen, a place the very smell of which was enough to sicken a Hottentot. 1871 ‘M. Legrand’ Cambr. Freshman 210 He fetched the..reviving beverage from the gyp-room. 1968 Daily Mail 29 Oct. 4/2 I only have two rooms and a gyp room which I use for cooking and things. 2014 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Dec. People [from Cambridge University] who call kitchens ‘gyp rooms’, have their stuff tidied by ‘bedders’ and most of whom don medieval gowns every other week in order to have their food served to them in candlelit halls. < as lemmas |
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