单词 | popper-in |
释义 | > as lemmaspopper-in 3. A person who makes a brief visit; a person who frequently comes and goes. Also popper-in, popper-over. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > rapid poster1538 gallopera1693 popper1760 1760 London Mag. May 258/2 Sir, we often suffer, by our mistresses being put out of humour for the whole afternoon by these Poppers-in, who think they have a right to oversee how they live. 1825 New Monthly Mag. 14 194 The popper over to France and peep-taker at Holland. 1851 E. C. Gaskell Let. Nov. (1966) 168 I don't mean to have odd poppers-in, in an evening. 1995 Independent on Sunday 23 July 21/3 They are the relentless poppers-in and ringers-up, the faffers, the control freaks and the talkaholics. < as lemmas |
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