英语词汇“to boil the billy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. to boil up: absol. to boil or wash clothes. U.S. and New Zealand colloquial. Also (Canadian and New Zealand), to make tea. Also to boil the billy, to make tea (Australian and New Zealand colloquial).

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1839 J. Heberley Reminiscences (Alexander Turnbull Libr., Wellington, N.Z.) 87 [We] boiled the Billy and made some Tea out of tawa bark.

1881 Cheq. Career 361 To cook dampers..and boil a ‘billy’ are works of art.

1891 Argus (Melbourne) 7 Nov. 13/5 When you've boiled your billy and cooked your damper you put out the fire and move..on to camp.

1902 B. Baynton in W. Murdoch & H. Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 42 Blest if I evven fergot t' bile th' billy.

1911 W. H. Koebel In Maoriland Bush x. 150 When you boil the ‘billy’, you make tea, voila tout.

1929 Amer. Speech 4 338 Boil up, to wash your clothes.

1933 E. Merrick True North 30 At three we boiled up again.

1947 P. Newton Wayleggo (1949) iii. 34 Musterers..carry billies..and ‘boil-up’..when circumstances permit.

单词	to boil the billy
释义	> as lemmas to boil the billy c. to boil up: absol. to boil or wash clothes. U.S. and New Zealand colloquial. Also (Canadian and New Zealand), to make tea. Also to boil the billy, to make tea (Australian and New Zealand colloquial). ΚΠ 1839 J. Heberley Reminiscences (Alexander Turnbull Libr., Wellington, N.Z.) 87 [We] boiled the Billy and made some Tea out of tawa bark. 1881 Cheq. Career 361 To cook dampers..and boil a ‘billy’ are works of art. 1891 Argus (Melbourne) 7 Nov. 13/5 When you've boiled your billy and cooked your damper you put out the fire and move..on to camp. 1902 B. Baynton in W. Murdoch & H. Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 42 Blest if I evven fergot t' bile th' billy. 1911 W. H. Koebel In Maoriland Bush x. 150 When you boil the ‘billy’, you make tea, voila tout. 1929 Amer. Speech 4 338 Boil up, to wash your clothes. 1933 E. Merrick True North 30 At three we boiled up again. 1947 P. Newton Wayleggo (1949) iii. 34 Musterers..carry billies..and ‘boil-up’..when circumstances permit. extracted from boilv. < as lemmas
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