| 单词 | thick end |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthick end thick end n. the greater part of anything (colloquial and dialect). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a great part or proportion > the greater part, the majority the more partOE the best part ofOE (the) more parta1350 (the) most parta1350 (the) most part alla1350 (the) most party1372 for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387 the better part ofa1393 the mo?a1400 most forcea1400 substancea1413 corsec1420 generalty?c1430 the greater partc1430 three quartersc1470 generalityc1485 the most feck1488 corpse1533 most1553 nine-tenths?1556 better half1566 generality?1570 pluralityc1570 body1574 the great body (of)1588 flush1592 three fourths1600 best1601 heap1609 gross1625 lump1709 bulk1711 majority1714 nineteen in twenty1730 balance1747 sweighta1800 heft1816 chief1841 the force1842 thick end1847 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words (at cited word) ‘The thick-end of a mile’. Linc. 1865 W. White Eastern Eng. II. 66 When he spoke of the thick end of a mile, it reminded me of the ‘thick league’ of a certain rustic whom I once accosted on the sandy wastes of Friesland. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (at cited word) I've gotten th' thick end o' th' job finished wi'. 1938 ‘N. Shute’ Ruined City x. 195 It would be the thick end of that sum before we're cracking as a proper yard again. 1965 P. O'Donnell Modesty Blaise xviii. 196 Willie..tested the weight. ‘It's the thick end of a hundredweight..But I could manage one on me own all right.’ 1971 D. Lees Rainbow Conspiracy i. 13 It will take them the thick end of half an hour to get to the Travellers from here. < as lemmas |
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