单词 | pirn-stick |
释义 | > as lemmaspirn-stick ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > winding > on reel > spindle on which yarn is placed pirn-stick1843 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. < as lemmas |
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