| 单词 | ice wagon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasice wagon ice wagon n. chiefly North American (a) a wagon in which ice is conveyed for sale or delivery, esp. during the summer (now chiefly historical); (b) (in extended use) a refrigerated vehicle in which ice is transported. ΚΠ 1838 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 16 June (advt.) On and after Monday, the 18th, notes of a less denomination than one dollar,..will not be received in payment for Ice from my Ice wagons. 1898 J. London Let. 30 Nov. (1966) 6 Saturday I worked on an ice wagon. 1905 Sketch 51 38/1 The earliest on his rounds was the man with the ice-waggon, who put down on the door-step of each house a block of ice. 1963 M. Gallant Ice Wagon going down Street in New Yorker 14 Dec. 70 When I was a kid, I would get up in the summer before the others, and I'd see the ice wagon going down the street. 1971 M. Tak Truck Talk 88 Ice wagon, a refrigerated trailer. 2007 D. Curtis Way we Were vi. 11 Ice wagons were a favorite gathering place for the kids playing in our neighborhoods through the summer. < as lemmas |
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