单词 | barm-froth |
释义 | > as lemmasbarm-froth C1. attributive, as in barm-fly, barm-froth, barm-man. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [noun] > froth on ale or beer barmc1275 yeastc1430 head1545 barm-froth1606 collar1945 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > member of > unspecified > of yeasty colour barm-fly1606 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > sellers of other provisions cheesemonger1185 pudding-wife1287 eirmongerc1305 honeyman1510 egg-wife1659 corn-chandler1687 pickle man1714 tea man1736 pickle dealer1791 iceman1807 ice-creamer1851 plum duffer1851 barm-man1913 traiteur1963 1606 Wily Beguilde Prol. 2 That barme-froth Poet. 1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler 335 Another Dun called the Barm-fly from its yeasty colour. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers iii. 49 She was looking down the alley..for the barm-man. 1925 Brit. Weekly 5 Mar. 557/1 The man who sold ‘barm’ (brewers' yeast) drove round the district..one saw women hastening over the heath, jug in hand, to catch the ‘barm-man’. < as lemmas |
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