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单词 preen-head
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preen-head
preen-head n. a pinhead; frequently as the type of something small, insignificant, or of little worth (cf. sense 1b).
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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.
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