| 单词 | husband-beater |
| 释义 | > as lemmashusband-beater husband-beater n. (a) a woman who beats her husband; †(b) slang an object used to beat husbands, spec. a long-handled umbrella (obsolete). ΚΠ 1858 Manch. Guardian 5 Jan. 3/3 A husband beater... On Saturday evening..a young married woman..finding her husband..in the company of some women of bad character..seized a poker and struck him with it. 1888 Glasgow Herald 13 Apr. (advt.) Our handkerchief, robe, and parasol buyer has this week been again in London... The Husband Beater, London Price, 15s 6d and 21s 6d; can be had in the Grand Colosseum, 8s 11d and 15s 6d each. 1892 Daily News 2 May 2/4 The en-tout-cas is..not quite so large this year as it has been in some previous seasons, and the long handles facetiously called ‘husband-beaters’, have quite disappeared. 1908 Idler Aug. 517/1 An umbrella has been referred to facetiously as a husband beater. 1980 M. A. Straus et al. Behind Closed Doors iii. v. 114 Obviously, not everyone who grew up in a violent home will be a wife-beater or a husband-beater. < as lemmas |
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