| 单词 | gypsy dinner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgypsy dinner c. As a modifier, designating what is considered to be customary among or characteristic of Gypsies, esp. having meals in the open air or travelling from place to place, as in gypsy breakfast, gypsy dinner, gypsy party, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > picnic or packed meal > [adjective] picnic1802 Gypsy1816 picnicking1842 picnic-ish1854 picnicky1870 packed1906 brown bag1947 take-with1951 tailgate1970 1654 E. Nicholas Let. 25 Sept. in Papers (1892) II. 89 I had a gipsie visit of a mother and her children, bag and baggage. 1816 J. Austen Emma III. vi. 87 There is to be no form or parade—a sort of gipsy party. View more context for this quotation 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. ii. ii. 131 Getting up an impromptu dance, or a gipsey dinner. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. ii. 34 We set about preparing our gipsy breakfast. 2009 Canberra Times (Nexis) 5 July a15 I couldn't resist the gypsy breakfast of cannellini beans, chorizo, spinach, poached egg and toast. < as lemmas |
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