| 单词 | house of call |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse of call house of call n. (a) a house where journeymen of a particular trade assemble, where carriers call for commissions, or where a person may be heard of or contacted (now historical); (b) (gen.) a house (or, in extended use, a place) that a person visits regularly, or that is often visited (now rare). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > public building > [noun] hall1297 school?a1425 common house1537 basilica1541 public house1560 public building1561 state house1593 prytaneum1673 house of call1699 basilic1728 zayat1823 civic centre1867 jong1904 society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > [noun] > house which one visits house of call1845 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew House of Call, the usual lodging Place of Journey-men Tailers. 1747 R. Campbell London Tradesman xxxviii. 193 The House of Call is an Ale-House, where they generally use, the landlord knows where to find them, and Masters go there to enquire when they want Hands. 1756 R. Rolt New Dict. Trade House of Call, a house where journeymen taylors, shoemakers, and all other artificers meet, and may be heard of. 1805 R. Southey New Lett. (1965) I. 515 It will be pleasant to have a house of call there. a1832 J. Bentham Equity Disp. Court Bill in Wks. (1839) X. 410/1 By an attendant's House of Call, understand a house to which..a letter if directed will..be sure to reach him. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xiii. 162 This poor waggoner's house-of-call. 1845 Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) I. 345 I shall feel a lost man in London without my morning ‘house of call’ at Hart Street. 1902 C. H. E. Brookfield Random Reminisc. viii. 144 The regular ‘house of call’..for the members of the Haymarket Theatre was the Cafe de l'Europe. 1931 J. Buchan Blanket of Dark iii. 54 ‘Wood Eaton will be a safe retreat for a week.’..‘It is none too safe a sanctuary. Wood Eaton has a plaguey name as a house of call for all and sundry.’ 1997 I. Prothero Radical Artisans Eng. & France iii. 51 The trade house of call, usually a public-house, was a universal feature, where members out of work entered their names on a book and waited. < as lemmas |
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