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单词 monstrous craw
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monstrous craw
monstrous craw n. Obsolete (a) (a person having) the enlarged neck caused by a goitre; (b) a large lace or muslin cravat covering the throat and chest and fashionable in the late 18th cent. (cf. craw n. 3b).
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1787 H. Walpole Let. 6 Sept. in Corr. (1965) XXXIII. 571 The principal babe [in Reynold's Hercules] put me in mind of what I read so often, but have not seen, the monstrous craws.
1790 Poetry in Ann. Reg. 135 Now, at his word, th' obedient muslin swells, And beaux, with ‘Monstrous Craws’, peep out at pouting belles.
a1825 A. L. Barbauld Legacy for Young Ladies (1826) 167 The throat was increased to the same size with the poor objects once exhibited under the name of the monstrous Craws.
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