英语词汇“handbasket portion”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Designating a person who lives on support provided by another as it is needed, or on a regular basis, esp. a woman who receives frequent gifts from her family. Also: belonging to or characterized by such a means of existence, esp. in handbasket portion. Obsolete.

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1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. i. f. cccccxii^v That their wiues be not dishcloutes, nor no handbasketsloys, nor no drudges, nor yet slauishpeople, but fellow heires with them of euerlasting life.

a1627 T. Middleton Chast Mayd in Cheape-side (1630) ii. 22 Walke by your Noses with my Flesh, Sheepe-biting Mungrels, Hand-basket Free-booters.

1641 R. Brathwait Panaretees Triumph in Astraea's Teares sig. F7 She dis-esteemes hand-basket Citizins Who make their wicker baskets shroud their sin.

1784 W. Huntington God, Poor Man's Guardian 108 The answer generally is, ‘Aye, her's is a hand-basket portion, and that is generally the best; for there is no end to that.’

1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) A woman whose husband receives frequent presents from her father, or family, is said to have a hand basket portion.

1888 C. H. Spurgeon Cheque Bk. Bank of Faith 68 Perhaps ours is a hand-basket portion.

单词	handbasket portion
释义	> as lemmas handbasket portion Designating a person who lives on support provided by another as it is needed, or on a regular basis, esp. a woman who receives frequent gifts from her family. Also: belonging to or characterized by such a means of existence, esp. in handbasket portion. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. i. f. cccccxii^v That their wiues be not dishcloutes, nor no handbasketsloys, nor no drudges, nor yet slauishpeople, but fellow heires with them of euerlasting life. a1627 T. Middleton Chast Mayd in Cheape-side (1630) ii. 22 Walke by your Noses with my Flesh, Sheepe-biting Mungrels, Hand-basket Free-booters. 1641 R. Brathwait Panaretees Triumph in Astraea's Teares sig. F7 She dis-esteemes hand-basket Citizins Who make their wicker baskets shroud their sin. 1784 W. Huntington God, Poor Man's Guardian 108 The answer generally is, ‘Aye, her's is a hand-basket portion, and that is generally the best; for there is no end to that.’ 1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) A woman whose husband receives frequent presents from her father, or family, is said to have a hand basket portion. 1888 C. H. Spurgeon Cheque Bk. Bank of Faith 68 Perhaps ours is a hand-basket portion. extracted from handbasketn.adj. < as lemmas
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