单词 | metre-monger |
释义 | > as lemmasmetre-monger metre-monger n. ΚΠ 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. Dv An olde mechanical meeter-munger would faine raile, if he had anie witte. 1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World III. x. sig. Bb The most Famous of these Meter-mongers were Robbin Hadwood, my Gaffer Glaskirion, and of late years old Farmer Davy. 1852 G. Daniel Democritus in London iv. 61 A tavern nigh just caught the eye of this poor metre-monger. 1901 F. L. Knowles On Life's Stairway 22 Still, while the metre-mongers haunt the shades, Fame crowns the Golden Gate and Palisades. < as lemmas |
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