| 单词 | hunger-house |
| 释义 | > as lemmashunger-house hunger-house n. a place in which cattle are kept for some time before being slaughtered; a pining-house. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > enclosure > pre-slaughtering enclosure pining-house1802 hunger-house1839 pining-lair1893 1839 G. Taylor Mem. Surtees in Surtees' Durham IV. 69 He went instantly to the hunger-house, and set it at liberty. 1893 Whitby Gaz. 3 Nov. 3/6 In two instances the pining-lairs or hunger~houses are within the shops or open directly into them. < as lemmas |
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