| 单词 | splint-chair |
| 释义 | > as lemmassplint-chair C2. In the sense ‘made or formed of splints’ (in sense 2), as splint-basket, splint-bottom, splint-chair, splint letter-case, splint rocker; splint-bottomed adj. ΚΠ 1850 Knickerbocker 36 73 She wiped out the seats of some splint-bottomed chairs with her calico apron. 1861 H. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island I. iv. 19 Rows of old fashioned splint-bottomed chairs against the wall. 1867 Summer in L. Goldthwaite's Life 175 The finest and whitest and most graceful of all possible little splint baskets. 1871 B. Taylor in Hansen-Taylor & Scudder Life & Lett. (1884) II. xxiii. 564 An old-fashioned, high-backed splint-chair. 1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer vi. 68 The master, throned on high in his great splint-bottom armchair, was dozing. 1889 M. E. Wilkins Mor. Exigency (1891) 28 There were a few poor attempts at adornment on the walls; a splint letter-case, a motto worked in worsteds [etc.]. 1919 T. K. Holmes Man from Tall Timber iv. 36 A comfortable armchair with splint-bottom. 1919 T. K. Holmes Man from Tall Timber v. 46 Their splint-bottomed armchairs. 1922 M. B. Houston Witchman i. 17 Straight hickory chairs and a splint rocker were set at irregular angles about the room. < as lemmas |
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