| 单词 | mud-scraper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmud-scraper mud-scraper n. an implement for removing mud; spec. = scraper n. 5. ΚΠ 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 323 Cowl-rake, a mud scraper. 1885 J. Magruder Across Chasm ii. 26 ‘The mud-scraper’, she wrote her mother, in her first letter home, ‘is a thing of beauty, and the coal-scuttle a joy forever.’ 1937 J. P. Marquand Late George Apley iv. 29 At no time in the history of the world have such material changes occurred as those in John Apley's life span... Let us sum it up in a single homely detail... Let us start..with the mud-scrapers on the houses of Beacon Hill. 1997 Stuart (Florida) News (Nexis) 23 Mar. g10 Years ago we heard from a reader who recycled plastic grocery bags by braiding them into area rugs, which she then put next to the kitchen sink and used as ‘mudscrapers’ outside her entryway. < as lemmas |
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