单词 | manila grass |
释义 | > as lemmasManila grass 1. Designating any of various goods or commodities produced in or associated with Manila or the Philippines, as Manila cheroot, Manila cigar, Manila grass, Manila tobacco, Manila wood. ΚΠ 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World x. 304 The Frier sent us aboard..50l. of Manila Tobacco. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 158 The celebrated Manila Wood, with which they build their Apaculpa [sic] Ships. 1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship III. xxxii. 73 On the evening of the third day, as they were smoking their Manilla cheroots. 1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 606 One was a fine, stout, middle-aged man, with immense whiskers and a cap of Manilla grass, a large blue jacket [etc.]. 1877 R. F. Burton Sind Revisited I. i. 7 We smoked, generally Manilla cheroots, now supplanted by foul Dindigals and fetid ‘Trichies’. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework at Milanese Lace This is made in the Philippine Isles, with Manilla grass. The work..has not much the appearance of lace. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xiv. 218 Box after box of Manilla cigars rewarded his search. 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn xiii. 173 He'd be glad to give..Mr. Wrenn..one of those Manila cigars—great cigars they were, too. 2000 W. Scheick in L. Champion & E. S. Nelson Amer. Women Writers 198 In the United States,..Lowell became newsworthy for the light Manila cigars she smoked. < as lemmas |
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