| 单词 | ready-roasted |
| 释义 | > as lemmasready-roasted ready-roasted adj. ΚΠ 1650 Dialogue Mistris Macquerella 4 Take a speciall caution How you doe deal In Lamb and Veal, Raw, or ready roasted. 1673 J. Phillips Maronides vi. 106 Down come the ready roasted Quails, Pheasant and Partridge, Ducks and Teals. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xviii. 144 He makes her..become herself the cat's paw to help him to the ready-roasted chestnuts. 1849 H. Melville Mardi I. x. 49 If we fall in with cannibals, thought I, then, ready-roasted Norseman that thou art, shall I survive to mourn thee; at least, during the period I revolve upon the spit. 1931 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 28 Feb. 5/4 She rocked off into the other room..returning to unveil the ready roasted chicken..she had brought in. 1991 F. Pitt-Kethley Misfortunes of Nigel (BNC) 91 It was worth the expense of ready-roasted game and home-made puddings and cakes, Nigel felt, to cover up. < as lemmas |
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