| 单词 | round dozen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasround dozen round dozen n. (a) originally Scottish a dozen exactly; cf. sense 12; (b) Nautical thirteen lashes, as a punishment (now historical). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > twelve > group or set of twelve dozen1340 brown dozen?1499 zodiac1560 round dozena1572 twelve1573 quest?1589 jury1592 dodecade1659 a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. i. 41 Yitt have I haid the round desone; and sevin of thame ar menis wyffis. 1638 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) I. 125 On Thursday..we had no scant of protestations; more than a round dozen were inacted. 1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. ii. 25 I will stint at Twelve... When the round Dozen is pay'd off,..I mean no more than bare Interest thereby. 1711 J. Anderson Countrey-man's Let. to Curat 4 This he pretends to make good by an enumeration of a round Dozen of our Reformers. 1829 D. Jerrold Black-ey'd Susan ii. i. 28 I deserve a round dozen [sc. thirteen lashes] for the question. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 581 Round Dozen, a punishment term for thirteen lashes. 1983 P. O'Brian Treason's Harbour viii. 221 The traditions of the service being what they were he had in fact ordered many a round dozen in his time. 2009 Southern Reporter (Scotl.) (Nexis) 21 May There was a large entry of 48 for the boy's competitions and a round dozen for the girls. < as lemmas |
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