单词 | skippery |
释义 | skipperyadj. dialect and U.S. Of cheese, etc.: Full of maggots. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > stale, decaying, or infested oldeOE fustya1492 stale1530 overkept1837 overhung1895 skippery1899 off1913 18.. J. Dow Serm. II. 258 The earth [will] appear as animated as a plate of skippery cheese. 1899 Cumbld. Gloss. 170/2 Skippery,..said of bacon and cheese when full of ‘jumpers’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.18.. |
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