单词 | boiled dinner |
释义 | > as lemmasboiled dinner boiled dinner n. originally U.S. a dinner of meat and vegetables boiled together. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > main meal or dinner mealeOE dinnerc1325 dinea1425 Christmas dinner1581 Sunday dinner1602 corporation dinner1732 Russian dinner1805 boiled dinner1823 pickup1848 Robin Dinner1877 course-dinner1895 shore dinner1895 din-din1905 gala dinner1934 TV dinner1952 working dinner1956 steak dinnera1964 1823 C. Mackenzie Five Thousand Receipts 249/1 This [scum] must be carefully taken off as soon as it appears, for on this depends the good appearance of a boiled dinner. 1897 Pocumtuc Housewife 14 If it was to be a boiled dinner grandmother and one of the girls would set about it as soon as breakfast was well out of the way. 1906 W. Churchill Coniston 120 He attacked the boiled dinner with a ferocity which should have been exercised against Jethro. < as lemmas |
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