单词 | pie-eating |
释义 | > as lemmaspie-eating pie-eating adj. (a) that eats pies; (b) Australian slang, stupid, worthless (cf. pie eater n. 2b). ΚΠ 1835 New Monthly Mag. July 312 The great, fat, pie-eating, yawning, boarding-school misses one sees over a hedge at Hampstead. 1949 L. Glassop Lucky Palmer 96 The trouble is, Mr. Hughes, you're too good for the pie-eating bookmakers round these parts. You bet too well for them, Mr. Hughes. 2004 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 26 Feb. 42 Chunky, pie-eating farmers in checked shirts. < as lemmas |
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