| 单词 | liverpool coal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLiverpool coal b. Originally and chiefly U.S. Designating imported goods which arrive from the port of Liverpool, esp. in Liverpool coal, Liverpool salt. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [adjective] > goods from specific place Liverpool1758 1758 G. G. Beekman Let. 16 Jan. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 321 Liverpool Salt..is the Worst Can be Imported. 1780 F. Hopkinson Let. 11 Aug. in Pennsylvania State Trials (1795) 9 They have carefully examined the said cargo, being Liverpool salt. 1811 Centinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 16 Jan. The New-York papers speak of it as far superior to Liverpool coal. 1841 J. S. Buckngham Amer., Hist., Statist., & Descriptive I. xiii. 164 We preferred discontinuing the use of it [sc. anthracite] in our apartment altogether, and substituting English coal, called here Liverpool coal. 1872 W. W. Hunter Orissa I. iii. 99 Liverpool salt comes out at very low rates, often indeed as ballast, to Calcutta. 1909 Des Moines (Iowa) News 15 June 2/1 He bought the Liverpool goods and found that he could ship it clear around the world..for about two-thirds what he could ship it from Chicago to Spokane by rail. 1997 S. Bandyopadhyay Caste in Colonial India iii. 71 In areas with major Namasudra concentration, like Pirojpur, Liverpool salt was being freely sold. < as lemmas |
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