| 单词 | land run |
| 释义 | > as lemmasland run g. U.S. More fully land run. A movement of settlers to previously restricted land. Cf. rush n.2 4c. Now historical.Chiefly with reference to settlement in Oklahoma in the late 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > [noun] > sudden rush1841 run1894 1894 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation) 30 Apr. 2/1 Buckskin Joe and his followers are camped at Marlow preparatory to making a run on the Fort Sill country tomorrow. 1901 World's Work June 894/1 Hitherto the settlers made a ‘run’ for the homesteads. 1940 Miami (Okla.) Daily News-Record 22 Apr. 5/7 The federal security administrator found time to speak a good word for the pioneers who participated in the famed Oklahoma land run of April 22, 1889. 1948 Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) 16 May e 3/2 The nine great land openings began in 1889 with the ‘run’ into the area now occupied by Oklahoma City, Guthrie, Norman, Stillwater and other cities. 1992 D. Morgan Rising in West i. ii. 24 A series of land runs and lotteries..parceled it out to white settlers after 1889. < as lemmas |
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