单词 | tin hare |
释义 | > as lemmastin hare tin hare n. slang (chiefly Australian) = electric hare n. at electric adj. and n. Compounds 1b; also fig. (in quot. 1941 a nickname for a train). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > greyhound racing > [noun] > electric hare electric hare1920 rabbit1927 tin hare1934 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tin hare. 1941 K. Tennant Battlers 159 The ‘Tin Hare's’ whistle was heard in the distance. 1969 Northern Territory News (Darwin) (Focus '69 Suppl.) 109/1 Many top notch tin hare chasers tried at open coursing are ‘left for dead’ by very ordinary live hare chasers. < as lemmas |
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