| 单词 | the queen's pipe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Queen's Pipe 29. humorous. the Queen's Pipe (and variants): an incinerator for burning contraband tobacco and other impounded goods.Originally referring to a furnace situated in the London docks. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > furnaces for destroying refuse or contraband King's (Queen's) tobacco-pipe1596 the Queen's Pipe1843 cremator1881 destructor1881 bagasse-burner1883 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 17/2 The damaged tobacco..is consumed in a furnace..jocularly termed the ‘queen's tobacco-pipe’. 1851 Harper's Mag. Mar. 515/2 Here the Queen's Pipe smokes all up, except the greater quantity of the tea, which, having some time ago set the chimney of the kiln on fire, is now rarely burnt. 1871 Echo 25 Jan. If the sale is not brisk, then her Majesty's tobacco-pipe, which smokes tobacco by the ton, is likely soon to be well filled. This ‘pipe’, or furnace, is at the London Docks, and in it vast quantities of tobacco..that have failed to sell in the Government sales, are burnt. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 31 Aug. 3/2 The rubbish which had got packed with the leaf..goes to fill the Queen's pipe—is, in fact, burned. 1904 Daily News 28 June 6 ‘The King's Pipe’... The disorderly heaps of fuel included ‘heads’ of American tobacco.., Turkish leaves strung on a string, fragments of packing cases, and general litter. 1927 Daily Express 6 Apr. 11 The King's Pipe is the only dramatic feature of the world's largest warehouse. They used to call it the Queen's Pipe in Victorian times. 1994 Daily Rec. (Nexis) 17 Jan. 15 The tobacco is burnt with drugs in secret incinerators around the country. Officially they're known as the Queen's Warehouses, but customs men call them the Queen's pipe. < as lemmas |
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