| 单词 | penny brick |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspenny brick penny brick n. now English regional (northern) and rare a loaf of bread shaped like a brick, a tin loaf; cf. brick n.1 4b. ΚΠ 1716 M. Malard True French Gram. ii. 206 A penny brick, un pain d'un sou. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 18 We began to live like Gentlemen, for we had Three-penny-worth of boil'd Beef, Two-penny-worth of Pudding, a penny Brick, (as they call it, or Loaf) and a whole Pint of strong Beer, which was seven Pence in all. 1858 Times 18 Aug. 9/4 The bakers could not increase the price of the ‘penny bricks’. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Penny-brick, a small roll of bread. < as lemmas |
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