| 单词 | sneeze-horn |
| 释义 | > as lemmassneeze-horn C1. attributive (sense 1), as sneeze-box, sneeze-horn, sneeze-lurker (see quots.). ΚΠ ?1746 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. 22 I nowt elze sed I, boh meh Sneeze-hurn on I'm meety loath t' part weet. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Sneeze-horn or Sneesh-horn, a common sort of snuff-box, made of cow's horn. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xlii. 122 To think of..the Artful Dodger—going abroad for a common twopenny-halfpenny sneeze-box! 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Sneeze-lurker, one who throws snuff in a person's face and then robs him. < as lemmas |
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