| 单词 | scrape of a pen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscrape of a pen b. scrape of a pen (Scottish): a hasty scribble, a small scrap of writing. Cf. scribe n.2, scrip n.3 ΚΠ 1690 Earl of Melfort in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 198 And in all this time we have not one scrape of a pen to free us from all these pains we suffer. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xix. 295 It..wad cost but the scrape of a pen to make it out. View more context for this quotation 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd III. ix. viii. 287 Just give me a scrape of a pen to him to transfer the amount to your credit. < as lemmas |
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