单词 | starving day |
释义 | > as lemmasstarving day General attributive (in sense 2), as starving condition, starving day, etc. ΚΠ 1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 6v Hart true I giue, though most yu wouldst me hate,Untill hart breake in woes and staruing state. 1649 R. Coster Mite cast into Common Treasury 3 It is high time for them (the Common People) to lay hold upon the wast Land, that so they may receive some benefit freely, and may no longer live in a starving condition. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables xi. 10 Why will you lie Pining, and Pinching your self in such a Lonesome Starving Course of Life? 1763 London Mag. 32 590/2 The poor inhabitants of Dresden were reduced to almost a starving condition; for the Prussians took all possible care to prevent the sending of any provisions to that unfortunate city. 1843 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland III. 354 Particular periods of the year which may be rightly termed ‘starving seasons’. 1905 Pearson's Mag. July 104/2 Frail women and children, who have to work long hours at a starving wage. 1969 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 14 Oct. 1/4 100 antipopulation protesters spent their second starving day in a plastic enclosure. 2007 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (Nexis) 25 Apr. 3 Those who gave up hope during the starving years behind the wire also gave up their lives. < as lemmas |
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