| 单词 | sawdusty |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈsawdusty ˈsawdusty adj. abounding in, savouring of, or resembling sawdust; of the nature of sawdust. ΚΠ 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations iv, in All Year Round 8 Dec. 196/1 I remember Mr. Hubble as a tough high-shouldered stooping old man, of a sawdusty fragrance. 1863 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 18 July 495/1 A bagatelle-board shadily visible in a sawdusty parlour. 1880 R. Grant Confessions Frivolous Girl 172 In his society I sometimes felt that life was stupid, but never that it was hollow and sawdusty. 1893 J. T. Hoskins Mr. P.'s Diary 356 Dry, tasteless, sawdusty white bread. 1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 55 I never liked dressing dolls, it brought one into too close contact with their sawdusty insides. < as lemmas |
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