| 单词 | barley-sugar stick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbarley-sugar stick C1. General use as modifier, esp. in names for forms of the sweet, as barley-sugar drop, barley-sugar stick. ΚΠ 1782 W. O'Brien Lusorium 45 There the brethren comfort the sisters in the spirit, and the sisters suck the barley-sugar-sticks of brotherly love and of the new man. 1789 F. Nutt Compl. Confectioner 61 Barley sugar drops. 1819 J. Keats Let. 12 Apr. (1958) II. 52 As fine as barley sugar drops are to a schoolboy's tongue. 1852 L. Valentine Harry Brightside vii. 125 A cake..beautifully ornamented with barley-sugar figures, and a few in sugar only. 1920 China's Millions May 57/2 One day we climbed eight times to get to seven villages, and a few barley sugar drops were all we had to eat. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home xv. 207 Jean..was screaming because she wanted a barley-sugar stick. < as lemmas |
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