英语词汇“sink-pocket”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

> as lemmas

sink-pocket

† sink-pocket n. colloquial Obsolete a person, place, or thing that swallows up money; a drain on financial resources.

ΚΠ

1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall (U.K. ed.) II. 312 I've been a complete sink-pocket, that's the truth of it!

1829 Louisville (Kentucky) Public Advertiser 11 July Walter Jones, the public attorney..has played sink-pocket with all the money of the government which he collected.

1879 Daily Disp. (Richmond, Va.) 1 Dec. Our proposed railroad will soon be a sink-pocket, falling into disuse and ruin.

1917 ‘Banjo’ Paterson Three Elephant Power 63 He's a blanky sink-pocket. If he can come this far, let him come on to Sydney and play for double the stakes.

extracted from sinkv.

as lemmas

单词	sink-pocket
释义	> as lemmas sink-pocket † sink-pocket n. colloquial Obsolete a person, place, or thing that swallows up money; a drain on financial resources. ΚΠ 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall (U.K. ed.) II. 312 I've been a complete sink-pocket, that's the truth of it! 1829 Louisville (Kentucky) Public Advertiser 11 July Walter Jones, the public attorney..has played sink-pocket with all the money of the government which he collected. 1879 Daily Disp. (Richmond, Va.) 1 Dec. Our proposed railroad will soon be a sink-pocket, falling into disuse and ruin. 1917 ‘Banjo’ Paterson Three Elephant Power 63 He's a blanky sink-pocket. If he can come this far, let him come on to Sydney and play for double the stakes. extracted from sinkv. < as lemmas
随便看	level head level lines level luffing level luffing crane level of confidence or significance level off level one's aim level out level pegging level playing field level test level the playing field level to or with the ground, in the dust level tube level up, down level with , to, unto level with now rare, to, unto level worst level-backed level-balanced level-bellied level-browed level-coil level-compounded level-dyeing