| 单词 | in backhouse ditch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (the) backhouse ditch † in (the) backhouse ditch: in a bad state or situation, ruined. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1576 G. Whetstone Ortchard of Repentance 17 in Rocke of Regard When they both in backhouse ditch are brought, To poule them both, let some deuise be wrought. a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 724 The intercession by Angels lyeth (as they say) in the backhouse ditch. 1649 T. Wincoll Plantagenets Tragicall Story ii. 121 I'le swear him Bankrupt, in the backhouse ditch. < as lemmas |
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