单词 | rag-footed |
释义 | > as lemmasrag-footed rag-footed adj. now archaic and rare having rags for shoes, badly shod; chiefly figurative. ΚΠ 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xix. sig. F1 Some rag-footed resons that we must refute. 1836 Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 23 Aug. The Whigs are about to demolish their golden-headed and rag-footed idol and to scatter its dust to the four winds. 1983 Road & Track Apr. 163/2 It has been unfashionable since the late days of the French Revolution, to be transported through city streets by ragfooted knaves and varlets while you inhale snuff from an engraved silver wrist container. < as lemmas |
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