单词 | sixteen-ounce |
释义 | > as lemmassixteen-ounce C1. With nouns, forming attributive compounds, as sixteen-ounce, sixteen-page, etc. ΚΠ 1775 Ann. Reg. 1774 165/1 [On Nov. 30 there was] executed at Tyburn,..John Rann, alias Sixteen-String Jack. 1780 New Newgate Cal. V. 139 [He obtained] the appellation of Sixteen-strings Jack, by wearing breeches with eight strings at each knee. 1849 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 3) 50 Common sixteen-ounce phials of white glass. 1865 ‘C. Bede’ Rook's Garden 269 Their Sixteen-shilling Reversible Trousers. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 464/2 In weaving, say a sixteen-leaf satin. 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 204 To print a sixteen-page paper in duplicate. < as lemmas |
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