| 单词 | blue mouldy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈblue mouldy ˈblue mouldy adj. affected by or covered with blue mould; also figurative. to be blue mouldy for (colloquial, chiefly Irish English) = to be blue-moulding for. ΚΠ 1806 Spirit of Public Jrnls. 9 155 There is a coach standing at the door, full of old materials, all shrivelled and blue-mouldy. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. iii. 39 Stales [sc. cakes], that were all but blue-mouldy, but not quite. 1900 Daily News 3 Apr. 2/5 I was ‘blue-mouldy for want of a batin',’ as they say in certain parts of the Empire. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 31 May 2/3 Bluemouldy from Ennui. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 286 I was blue mouldy for the want of that pint. 1999 H. Leonard Love in Title i. in J. Friel & S. Sternlicht New Plays from Abbey Theatre III. 17 You must be blue mouldy with brains. < as lemmas |
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