| 单词 | piss-burnt |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspiss-burnt piss-burnt adj. (also piss-burned) now chiefly U.S. regional discoloured or damaged by or as by urine (also figurative and in extended use); (in later use sometimes) spec. of a yellowish- or reddish-brown colour. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > dirty with urine piss-burnt1565 urinated1768 urinous1788 1565 King Daryus sig. Cii Gyt thee away thou pys burnde Cokolde. 1687 A. Behn Luckey Chance ii. i. 18 This old Campaign..a Cloak to sculk in a-Nights, and a pair of Piss-burn'd shammy Breeches. 1699 E. Ward London Spy I. iii. 3 After redeeming our Liberties from this Piss-burn'd Prison [sc. Bedlam]. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. xi. 158 A Piss-burnt Beard. View more context for this quotation 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 194 Piss-burnt, said of the hair of an animal bleached by the sun. 1994 A. Theroux Primary Colors 233 It is more often than not, usually a sort of rust or piss-burnt auburn or wiry orange. < as lemmas |
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