| 单词 | scotch warming-pan |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScotch warming-pan b. A female bed-fellow. Scotch warming-pan: a chambermaid who lay in the bed a while to warm it for the intending occupant. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > love affair > [noun] > female who shares one's bed warming-pan1668 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > servant having care of bedchambers > woman or girl > who lay in bed to warm it Scotch warming-pan1668 1668 W. Davenant Man's the Master ii. 25 None but a cold Bed-fellow would have two Warming-Pans. 1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 83 A Scotch warming-pan, i.e. a wench. The story is well known of the Gentleman travelling in Scotland, who desiring to have his bed warmed, the servant-maid doffs her clothes and lays her self down in it for a while. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Warming-pan, an old fashion'd large Watch. A Scotch Warming-pan, a She-bed-fellow. < as lemmas |
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