| 单词 | neither bit nor sup |
| 释义 | > as lemmasneither bit nor sup P1. (a) bit (later bite) and (a) sup: a little food and drink; also in neither bit nor sup. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > [noun] > food and drink (a) bit (later bite) and (a) sup1546 stuff1600 ingesta1741 something1778 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. E iiv He hath [not] laied downe one peny by myne. That euer might either make me bite or sup. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 220 To watche him nycht and day that nouther bitt or sope cum in his mouth. 1665 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1904) II. 244 I save [? have] a bitt and supp bye myselfe 2 owers after them. 1715 C. Molloy Perplex'd Couple i. ii. 11 You walk brisk and easie, without a Bit or Sup to refresh you. 1839 T. Hood Sweep's Complaint in Hood's Own 414 Here's a precious merry Christmas, I'm blest if I can earn either bit or sup! 1902 V. Jacob Sheep-stealers ix The pleasant offer of a bite and a sup. 2007 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 1 Sept. 8 A pleasant spot for a bite and sup. < as lemmas |
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