| 单词 | squib-maker |
| 释义 | > as lemmassquib-maker C1. attributive and in other combinations, as (in sense 1) squib-crack(er), squib-light, squib-maker, squib-powder; (in sense 3) squib-teller, squib-writer. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] > squib > making of > maker of squib-teller1612 squibber1810 squib-writer1837 1612 J. Taylor Laugh & be Fat 4 Wt squib-crack lightning, empty hogshead thund——, To maze the world with terror & with wondring. 1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster ii. 19 They talke of Iubiter, Hees but a squib-cracker to her. 1647 (title) A Fresh Whip for all scandalous Lyers; or, a true Description of the two eminent Pamphliteers, or Squib-tellers of this Kingdome. 1659 England's Confusion 16 Hab. Morley Squib-maker. 1837 W. B. Adams Eng. Pleasure Carriages ii. 47 Their own poet Taylor..now and then assisted by a stray pamphleteer or squib-writer. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 7 Nov. 3/2 A sort of Lord Mayor's Show by torchlight and squib-light. < as lemmas |
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