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单词 painted ground
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painted ground
painted ground n. Obsolete a section of the former Fleet Prison in London distinguished by the illustrations painted on its walls.
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1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xl. 436 That portion of the prison which was nearest Farringdon-Street, denominated and called ‘the Painted Ground’.
1881 Standard 3 Oct. 2/1 Designs which remind the ancient spectator of that portion of the old Fleet Prison once known as ‘the painted ground’, because of the vivid illustrations that distinguished it.
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