| 单词 | moustache-lifter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoustache-lifter moustache-lifter n. a device for lifting one's moustache when drinking, sleeping, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > implements used in styling the hair > [noun] > device for lifting one's moustache moustache-lifter1898 1898 Cent. Mag. July 343/1 A ceremonious sake-drinking takes place. One drop is whisked off the ‘mustache-lifter’ to the god of the sun. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 442/1 The men use chop-sticks and moustache-lifters when eating; the women have wooden spoons. a1930 D. H. Lawrence Phoenix II (1968) 261 Before the war, in Germany I used to see advertised in the newspapers a moustache-lifter, which you tied on at night and it would make your moustache stay turned up. 1996 Augusta (Georgia) Chron. (Nexis) 21 Jan. e2 Many Ainu customs, in fact, are found nowhere else in the world—such as the men's use of ceremonial moustache-lifters in drinking. < as lemmas |
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