| 单词 | lumping weight |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslumping weight b. Hence colloquial: Great, big. (Cf. thumping adj. 2, bouncing adj., etc.) Formerly often in phr. (now dialect) lumping pennyworth = ‘plenty for one's money’. Also lumping weight, good or full weight. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] unlittleeOE mickleeOE greateOE mucha1154 mainc1275 boldc1300 fadec1330 largec1392 tallc1430 big1444 masterfula1450 grand1452 largy1558 fine1590 bonnya1600 large-sized1628 roomly1682 lumping?1706 maun1743 strapping1827 barn door1829 serious1843 jumboesque1893 jumbo1897 economy-sized1930 L1942 jumbo-size1949 economy size1950 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > plenty or more than one reckons on lumping pennyworth?1706 butter weight1733 ?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. viii. 73 But Money is Money,..and therefore a lumping peny-worth Priest-craft will afford you, as aforesaid. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. vi. 30 Wilt thou purchase it Nic.? thou shalt have a lumping Pennyworth. 1753 Scots Mag. 330/1 We are not to wonder at the lumping compliments. 1768 G. White Let. 22 Jan. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 39 A full-grown mus medius domesticus weighs..one ounce lumping weight. 1825 J. Bentham Observ. Mr. Peel's Speech 16 One lumping assumption there is, upon which the whole strength of his argument rests. 1861 T. A. Trollope La Beata II. xiv. 103 A family group with three or four lumping brats around her. 1881 W. C. Russell Ocean Free-lance II. 30 She should be a lumping boat, to judge by the size of her mainsail. < as lemmas |
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