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单词 quarter-quibble
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quarter-quibble
quarter-quibble n. Obsolete (perhaps) a poor or weak pun or quibble (quibble n. 1).
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a1658 J. Cleveland Clievelandi Vindiciæ (1677) 138 He makes a Transition from Common Law to Common Reason, and he hopes to be scored up for that Quarter-Quibble.
1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant i. i. 2 A bare clinch will serve the turn; a Carwichet, a Quarterquibble, or a Punn.
1729 T. Cooke Tales 96 Quarter-quibbles made his Heart right glad.
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