| 单词 | sap-whistle |
| 释义 | > as lemmassap-whistle sap-whistle n. dialect ‘a whistle made from the green twig of a tree, esp. mountain ash or sycamore’ ( Eng. Dial. Dict.); in quot. 1737 at sense 4a referred to proverbially. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > pipe > [noun] > whistle > other whistles penny whistle1730 sap-whistle1740 Galton's whistle1904 Swanee whistle1926 pikipiki1933 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 123 If he would not be a Sap-whistle, he might be a Sling at any time. 1979 Bull. Yorks. Dial. Soc. Summer 7 Here's a sap whistle, lads er aw alike, Here's en aad knife, en a nut off a bike [in a boy's pocket]. < as lemmas |
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