| 单词 | straightcut |
| 释义 | > see alsoalso refers to : straight-cutadj.n.1 > as lemmasstraight-cut straight-cut adj. straight-cut straight-cut adj. (a) cut on straight lines; (b) slang honest, respectable; (c) applied to cigarettes made from tobacco with the leaves cut lengthwise into long strands; frequently absol. as n. Π 1840 W. M. Thackeray Shabby Genteel Story viii He wore..a black straight-cut coat, and light drab breeches. 1868 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 185 Fine. There were the travelling stack clouds with straight-cut under-sides. 1884 Illustr. London News 18 Oct. 383/1 Cigarette smokers..will find the Richmond Straight Cut No. 1 superior to all others. 1895 Irish Times 16 July 3 (advt.) Kinney's straight-cut cigarettes. 1913 Punch 8 Jan. 24/1 A young gentleman of fashion who..toyed with a priceless straight-cut. 1927 W. Deeping Kitty ii. 21 I want some cigarettes,—straight-cuts—. 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid xiv. 139 He could..pick up a girl, even a straight-cut, and have her walk arm-in-arm with him. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 156 As british as bondstrict and as straightcut as when that broken-arched traveller from Nuzuland. < see also as lemmas |
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