| 单词 | thimble and bodkin army |
| 释义 | > as lemmasThimble and Bodkin Army b. Thimble and Bodkin Army (English History): a nickname of the Parliamentary Army of the Civil War: see quots. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > [noun] > British army > in specific time or place Thimble and Bodkin Army1647 New Model Army1845 New Army1914 B.A.O.R.1945 1647 T. May Hist. Parl. ii. vi. 97 The poorer sort, like that Widow in the Gospel, presented their Mites also; insomuch that it was a common Jeer of men disaffected to the Cause, to call it the Thimble- and Bodkin-Army. 1884 S. Dowell Hist. Taxation in Eng. II. i. i. 3 On the parliamentary side the subscriptions of silver offerings included even such little personal articles as those that suggested the term, the ‘Thimble and Bodkin’ army. < as lemmas |
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