| 单词 | half-pay officer |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-pay officer 3. attrib., as half-pay officer, etc. ΚΠ 1715 Duke of Marlborough Let. 30 June in London Gaz. No. 5343/1 Filled up with a half Pay Officer. 1727 W. Somervile Occas. Poems 68 Half-pay captains and half-witted beaux. 1889 A. T. Pask Eyes of Thames 163 Englishmen with small means, of what might be termed the half-pay class. < as lemmas |
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