单词 | rag box |
释义 | > as lemmasrag box rag box n. (a) (now chiefly North American) a box used for storing rags, esp. worn-out clothes; (b) slang the mouth (rare). ΚΠ 1766 Proc. Old Bailey 16 Jan. 74/1 I found some of the linen in an old rag-box in the garret. 1801 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. 12 Nov. (1941) I. 79 I put the rag-boxes into order. 1890 R. Kipling in Scots Observer 28 June 149/1 Now all you recruities what's drafted to-day, You shut up your rag-box an' 'ark to my lay. 1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang V. 361/2 Rag-box,..the mouth. 1929 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 15 May 16/ Let them cut up the garments to make costumes... What used to be the contents of a rag box can be turned into a treasure chest. 1997 Columbian (Vancouver, Washington) (Nexis) 28 Sept. 1 I dive into our laundry-room rag-box, churn through all the pieces of old blue jeans, all the ripped T-shirts and all the toeless socks. < as lemmas |
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