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单词 jack in the cellar
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Jack in the (low) cellar
Jack in the (low) cellar n. [after Dutch Hans-in-kelder (see Hans n. b)] Obsolete rare an unborn child; cf. Hans-in-kelder n. at Hans n. b.
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1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Hans-en-kelder, a Dutch word, signifying Jack in the Cellar; it is commonly taken for a child in the mothers belly.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. x. 76 When his companions drank to the Hans en kelderr, or Jack in the low cellar, he could not help displaying an extraordinary complacence of countenance.
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