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单词 stay-putter
释义

stay-puttern.

Etymology: formed as stay-put n. + -er suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: stay-ˈputter.
colloquial.
One who refrains from moving.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > attachment to home life > person
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1927 J. Adams Errors in School ii. 41 Leaving this suggestion of a restricted meaning of the term idea to the tender mercies of the stay-putters.
1971 ‘E. Fenwick’ Impeccable People xix. 105 I don't understand you stay-putters, but you're probably wise people.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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