英语词汇“box of ivories”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

> as lemmas

box of ivories

†P2. slang. box of ivories: the mouth; a set of teeth. Cf. ivory n. 7. Obsolete.

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1821 Trewman's Exeter Flying-post 20 Dec. The Bristol hero gave Hickman so hard a blow on his box of ivories that he retreated.

1871 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 297/1 A good box of ivories is a precious treasure when real, and a costly one when artificial. We ought to have our fair proportion of incisors, to bite through the beef and mutton.

1899 Referee (Sydney) 12 July 7/3 A left in the neck from Conlon evoked speedy retaliation in the shape of a right on the cheek that made John's box of ivories rattle distinctly.

extracted from boxn.²

as lemmas

单词	box of ivories
释义	> as lemmas box of ivories †P2. slang. box of ivories: the mouth; a set of teeth. Cf. ivory n. 7. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1821 Trewman's Exeter Flying-post 20 Dec. The Bristol hero gave Hickman so hard a blow on his box of ivories that he retreated. 1871 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 297/1 A good box of ivories is a precious treasure when real, and a costly one when artificial. We ought to have our fair proportion of incisors, to bite through the beef and mutton. 1899 Referee (Sydney) 12 July 7/3 A left in the neck from Conlon evoked speedy retaliation in the shape of a right on the cheek that made John's box of ivories rattle distinctly. extracted from boxn.² < as lemmas
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