| 单词 | preen-head |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspreen-head preen-head n. a pinhead; frequently as the type of something small, insignificant, or of little worth (cf. sense 1b). ΚΠ 1646 J. Hope Diary in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1958) 9 176 Full of small holles of the bignes of a small preen head. 1793 ‘T. Thrum’ Look before ye Loup 5 Will aw your wise heads convince ony man that has a grain of mither wit, that the country's a prin-head the better for takin the fo'k awa frae their necessary employments? 1897 E. W. Hamilton Outlaws of Marches xviii. 207 I canna mind ae single Armstrong..worth a prein-head. 1953 Banffshire Jrnl. 17 Nov. 4/4 Happy lads an' lasses, oot for the day an' (nae) carin' a preen-heid fat happent. < as lemmas |
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