| 单词 | morning call |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmorning call morning call n. now historical a formal social visit paid during the morning (or sometimes in the afternoon: see sense A. 1b). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > formal morning visit1664 salutation1685 state visit1723 morning call1784 1784 W. Cowper Let. ?20 May (1981) II. 249 I should like exceedingly to be on an easy footing there, to give a Morning call and now and then to receive one. 1862 Mrs. H. Wood Channings I. xv. 220 I am only making a morning call upon you, as is the fashion among gentlefolks. 1981 Sunday Times 22 Feb. 43/7 How could one ensure that..ladies making morning-calls (confusingly always made in the afternoon) did not collide with footmen carrying trays. < as lemmas |
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