| 单词 | blacking ball |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblacking ball blacking ball n. a moulded ball of a preparation used for blacking; cf. blackball n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning shoes > [noun] > preparation for blacking1598 blacking ball1740 boot-blacking1866 Shinola1902 nugget1903 1740 E. Purefoy Let. 31 Jan. in G. Eland Purefoy Lett. (1931) I. viii. 203 Buy for my son two shoe brushes, to brush the shoes with the blacking ball. 1828 Casket 10 Feb. 7/2 The composision [sic] is sometimes run into moulds, and sold under the name of blacking-balls. 1979 P. O'Brian Fortune of War vii. 234 We plied our needles and our blacking-balls. 2000 B. Cornwell Sharpe's Triumph (new ed.) iv. 98 He tipped out the contents of his pack. There were two spare shirts, his spare foot cloths, a blacking ball, a brush [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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