| 单词 | as near as a toucher |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas near as a toucher b. as near as a toucher, within a toucher (of): very near to doing or being something; within a hair's breadth of. Chiefly archaic in later use.Earliest in horse-racing contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [phrase] > nearly or almost nigh thana1200 as near as a toucher1826 nothing short of1838 within a toucher (of)1932 1826 Times 19 Sept. The Duke of Leeds's Lisette filly: if her temper does not stop her, she will be as near as a toucher. 1828 Standard 11 Apr. Grampus came out and made a desperate push for the lead: at one time he was within a toucher of it. 1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life II. 199 I was as near as a toucher turning too short, through mistaking the post. 1932 P. G. Wodehouse Doctor Sally viii. 78 I came within a toucher of saying, ‘pause before it is too late!’ 1979 P. O'Brian Fortune of War ii. 47 It is as who should say a royal command; and a refusal is near as a toucher mutiny. 2014 D. Gabaldon Written in My Heart's Own Blood lxii. 359 Clarence..snapped at the teamster's face, coming within a toucher of taking off the man's nose. < as lemmas |
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