单词 | to cry cupboard |
释义 | > as lemmasto cry cupboard 3. transferred. Food, provisions; esp. in to cry cupboard, to crave for food, feel hungry. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > be hungry [verb (intransitive)] hungerOE to be sharp or keen set1540 esuriate1623 to cry cupboardc1665 c1665 in Roxburghe Ballads VI. 529 And all for the love of the cubbard. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 412 My belly cries cupboard. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 143 Should his head ach or his stomach cry cupboard. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! (1889) 25/2 So now away home, my inside cries cupboard. < as lemmas |
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