| 单词 | soldiers' home |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoldiers' home soldiers' home n. a place of stay for soldiers. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for soldiers soldiers' home1860 1860 E. C. Gaskell Let. 10 Dec. (1966) 640 This autumn [I]..helped Florence Nightingale..in establishing a Soldier's [sic] Home in Gibraltar where they can have cheap refreshments, can read, play games, write letters, &c. 1865 Atlantic Monthly 15 233 I wandered..from soldiers' home to soldiers' home. 1866 J. C. Gregg Life in Army xxvi. 224 The idea of a Soldiers' Home is, I believe, original with the American people... It is said to have been first instituted in the city of Baltimore in 1861. 1881 Harper's Mag. Apr. 715/2 The handsome grounds of the Soldiers' Home. 1900 Congress. Rec. 19 Jan. 1001/1 Part of his [sc. the veteran's] meager pension [is] confiscated at Soldiers' Homes. < as lemmas |
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