单词 | long lady |
释义 | > as lemmaslong lady long lady n. regional or colloquial (now historical and rare) = farthing-candle at farthing n. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > candle(s) defined by price or weight puttock1691 makeweight1695 long four1798 pigtail1824 long lady1847 fourteens1883 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Long-lady, a farthing-candle. East. 1953 A. Jobson Househ. & Country Crafts vii. 81 A farthing candle was known as a Long Lady. < as lemmas |
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