| 单词 | liquorice allsorts |
| 释义 | > as lemmasliquorice allsorts c. A mixture of sweets; esp. (frequently more fully liquorice allsorts) one of typically black-and-white or brightly coloured sweets containing liquorice. Also in singular: a sweet of this type. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > liquorice liquoricec1275 liquorice-stick1580 rigolice1580 glycyrize1599 Spanish liquorice1753 Pomfret?1780 Spanish juice1803 sugarallie1812 allsorts1851 sugarallie button1887 liquorice all-sorts1928 nigger baby1934 bootlace1935 liquorice bootlace1952 1851 Househ. Words 17 May 173/1 Keeps a shop in the sweet business. Means he sells rock, and toffee, and bull's eyes, and all-sorts, and such-like. 1924 Quiver Dec. p. xv/2 (advt.) Wilkinson's Liquorice All-Sorts are good. 1925 Windsor Mag. May 665/1 Everybody sits up and takes notice when Bassett's Liquorice All-sorts are brought out. And nobody can say ‘no’, how ever many times they're offered—they're so delicious and wholesome. 1931 W. Holtby Poor Caroline iii. 76 Pink sugared hazel nuts, and Liquorice All Sorts. 1937 P. V. Carroll Shadow & Substance i. 24 Do have a liquorice-all-sort, Mr. O'Flingsley. 1946 R.A.F. Jrnl. May 162 His C.O...with the broad ring and a row of gongs that reminded Joe of liquorice all-sorts. 1952 Atlantic Nov. 24/1 Allsorts is vastly popular not only in England but also in the United States, Canada, and other countries. 1991 Independent (Nexis) 6 Apr. 48 The gelding is like a bag of allsorts–you never know what you are going to get out of him. 2000 C. Ward in R. Middelhurst Teaching Chicken to Swim 175 Bite the red and yellow coconut from the liquorice allsorts and keep the black bits till last. 2008 L. O'Sullivan Back along Track 123 A single orange and black striped Allsort would surely not be missed? liquorice all-sorts liquorice all-sorts n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > liquorice liquoricec1275 liquorice-stick1580 rigolice1580 glycyrize1599 Spanish liquorice1753 Pomfret?1780 Spanish juice1803 sugarallie1812 allsorts1851 sugarallie button1887 liquorice all-sorts1928 nigger baby1934 bootlace1935 liquorice bootlace1952 1928 Sweet Shop Nov. p. ii (advt.) Original Liquorice All Sorts. 1931 W. Holtby Poor Caroline iii. 76 Pink sugared hazel nuts, and Liquorice All Sorts. 1946 R.A.F. Jrnl. May 162 His C.O...with the broad ring and a row of gongs that reminded Joe of liquorice all-sorts. < as lemmas |
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