单词 | robe-tearing |
释义 | > as lemmasrobe-tearing C1. General attributive and objective, as robe-cloak, robe maker, †robe-spinning, robe-tearing, etc. ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 361 The shining wooll Whence the roab-spinning precious Wormes are full. 1714 A. Smith Hist. Lives Highway-men 268 Said he to the Robe-maker, I doubt it is too short? 1755 J. Kidgell Card II. 205 Dr. Elwes himself was..cloathed in ecclesiastical Apparel neat and entire from the Robe-maker's. 1831 J. MacDonald in Life (1849) III. 174 A species of religious robe-tearing. 1851 Punch 21 122/1 She..had employed him as a foreman in the robe-making business. 1908 G. B. Shaw Lett. to Granville Barker (1956) 139 I have persuaded her to be discovered next time in a robe-cloak. 1971 C. Major Black Slang 110 The more orthodox robe-wearing Moslems of Harlem. 2005 L. J. Freeh My FBI vi. 157 He had kindly offered his robe maker in Minnesota to make my own first robe. < as lemmas |
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