| 单词 | small-back |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSmall-Back Small-Back n. rare Death, imagined as a skeleton. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > personified or as an agent deathOE dragon?a1513 stinger1552 stretch-legc1560 king of terrors1610 divorcer?1611 reaper1650 raw-bone1784 Small-Back1823 grim reaper1847 the great or last enemy1885 scytheman1909 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. xiv. 350 Men have queer fancies when old Small-Back is griping them; but Small-Back must lead down the dance with us all in our time. 1830 Museum of Foreign Lit. & Sci. 17 553/2 A child may recognise the presence of Old Small Back himself. 1916 Boston Globe 2 Apr. (Color & Comic section) 11/3 ‘Dead,’ repeated Mr Swayne dully; ‘dead. Charles Romaine gone. It seems impossible! But the best of us must go, when old “small-back” grips us. We cannot dodge him forever.’ 1955 Recorded Interview (Univ. Edinb.: School of Sc. Stud. Sound Archive) (SA1955.67.B3) (MS transcript) Ah well, if Smaa Back comes doon the brae the morn, I can hae no reflections. I've had a good innins, by plenty. < as lemmas |
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