单词 | subscription school |
释义 | > as lemmassubscription school C2. attributive, with the sense ‘supported or maintained by subscribers’; used esp. to designate organizations or events to which members, supporters, or participants pay a subscription, as subscription ball, subscription dance, subscription music, subscription school, etc. See also Compounds 5. ΚΠ 1704 tr. Molière (title) Monsieur de Pourceaugnac... Acted at the Subscription Musick at the Theatre Royal. 1708 E. Hatton New View London II. 762 A Subscription School for 50 Girls. 1749 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 268 A subscription masquerade. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xxii. 160 Had the Ball been what they call a Subscription Ball, at which people dress with more glare..this dress would have ben moe tolerable. 1778 Ann. Reg. 1777 205/1 He was master of the subscription charity-school at Bethnal-green. 1786 C. Powys Passages from Diaries Mrs. Powys (1899) 226 The 10th of October was the first of the subscription assemblies at Henley, which our son Phil had set on foot. 1804 W. Bingley North Wales I. xi. 176 One end of the house..is occupied by a subscription news-room for the inhabitants of Bangor and its neighbourhood. 1819 P. Egan Walks through Bath 35 The Subscription-House..at York-Buildings. 1826 J. Cook Fox-hunting 149 A manager of a subscription pack. 1831 H. Coleridge in Winter's Wreath 273 Suckling of infants will be exploded, as unproductive labour. Pap will be made by contract in subscription soup-kettles. 1881 Chess Player's Chron. 5 July 323/2 On Monday, the 11th inst, Mr Wyllie will engage in a subscription match with Messrs Birkenshaw and Strickland. 1922 Alpha Phi Q. June 215/1 We are hoping to make a few pennies for the Endowment Fund at our subscription bridge to be held at the chapter house, April 22. 1950 P. Bottome Under Skin xxxiii. 274 A subscription dance is much the best way of collecting money. 1980 Early Music 8 296/1 These subscription-balls were discontinued in 1863, on account of what was called ‘the plebeian invasion’. 2010 W. Pitman Victor Feldbrill 178 There was a break in Victor's Toronto schedule and he was invited to conduct a regular subscription series concert of the WSO. < as lemmas |
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