| 单词 | helter-skelter lighthouse |
| 释义 | > as lemmashelter-skelter lighthouse b. (Also helter-skelter lighthouse.) A tower-like structure used in fun fairs and pleasure-grounds, with an external spiral passage for sliding down on a mat. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > other rides wiggle-waggle1825 helter-skelter lighthouse1906 cakewalk1908 flip-flap1908 ghost train1931 tunnel of love1954 log flume1963 razzle1969 flume1978 1906 Westm. Gaz. 1 June 10/2 The World's Manufacturing Company, examples of whose ‘helter-skelter’ lighthouses are at Earl's Court, Blackpool, Southport, and other places. 1907 Daily Chron. 4 Sept. 2/7 All sorts of fearsome things..from a helter-skelter..to a smashing saloon and a ‘coker nut’ alley. 1927 Sunday Express 5 June 4 They will travel on the merry-go-rounds... They will go down with the mats on the helter-skelter, and up with the swings. 1945 G. Millar Maquis i. 8 I began to feel that I was sitting on a mat on top of a helter-skelter. That somebody would give me a push and I would be away with..nobody at the bottom to pick me up. 1968 D. Braithwaite Fairground Archit. 24 Vertical features like the ‘Big Wheel’, ‘Helter Skelter’ and ‘Chair-o-Planes’..are valuable advertising symbols. < as lemmas |
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