单词 | p of w |
释义 | > as lemmasP. of W. P. of W. n. now historical Prince of Wales. ΚΠ 1870 A. J. Munby Diary 13 July in D. Hudson Munby (1972) 288 Today the Thames Embankment was opened, not by the Queen, but by the P. of W. and his sister Louise. 1974 Listener 3 Jan. 17/2 Lord Berners..invited a smart lady to luncheon to meet ‘the P of W’. She arrived agog, expecting to meet the Prince of Wales and found it was the Provost of Worcester. 2000 Esquire (Nexis) 1 Mar. 162 Esquire referenced Edward VIII so often that the editors at times apologized for relying so heavily on the man they came to abbreviate as, when he was Prince of Wales, ‘the P of W’. < as lemmas |
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