| 单词 | bran-pie |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbran-pie bran-pie n. a tub full of bran with small gifts hidden in it to be drawn out at random, as part of festivities at Christmas, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > lucky dip, etc. lucky bag1788 bran-tub1858 bran-pie1877 lucky dip1878 fishpond1892 dip1915 1877 Cassell's Family Mag. May 377/1 In the last division of the tent we had..a bran-pie... The bran-pie was an oblong washing-tub..filled with bran, in which were hidden..small articles. 1889 Peel City Guardian 28 Dec. 7/4 Sometimes what is termed a ‘bran pie’ is employed..for storing the presents in. 1904 Daily Chron. 27 Feb. 3/2 The bran-pie..is the receptacle of second-rate presents: gifts not quite showy enough to be displayed upon a Christmas tree. 1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 4 July 4/4 All sorts of seasonable refreshments will be served and the blue ribbon girls will have an attraction in the form of a bran pie. 1931 V. Woolf Waves 236 I think more disinterestedly than I could when I was young and must dig furiously like a child rummaging in a bran-pie to discover my self. < as lemmas |
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