单词 | on or upon tip-tail |
释义 | > as lemmason or upon tip-tail The tip of the tail: only in on or upon tip-tail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [noun] > tail > tip of tag1681 on tip-tail1837 1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Acharnians ii. vi, in Comedies 61 You sat all the time upon tip-tail [Gk. ἐπ' ἄκρων πυγιδίων on the tips of their rumps]. 1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter III. ii. 25 A curly serpent standing on tip tail between them. 1900 A. B. Cook in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 20 2 Straightway struck by the crown you sat there on tip-tail. < as lemmas |
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