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单词 pirn-stick
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pirn-stick n. Obsolete a wooden spindle which holds the pirn or bobbin during spinning; (figurative) a narrow, spindly leg.
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1843 Children in Trades Rep. II. i. 3 Some men beat their boys more than others, with a ‘pin-stick’ [sic] as thick as his small finger.
1854 D. Robertson Laird of Logan (new ed.) 81 Legs liker twa German flutes than the limbs o'a human being; ye surely dinna depend on yon twa pirn-sticks carrying you to your grave!
1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin xxv. 257 My legs..they're like pirn-sticks buskit in breeks.
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