单词 | to come in at the window |
释义 | > as lemmasto come in at (also by) the window a. Born out of wedlock; illegitimate. Chiefly in to come in at (also by) the window. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1551 R. Crowley Pleasure & Payne sig. Ciiv And youe were gladde to take them in Bycause you knewe that they dyd knowe That youe came in by the wyndowe. 1608 T. Middleton Famelie of Love iv. ii. sig. F4 Woe worth the time that euer I gaue sucke to a Child that came in at the window. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 171 Something about a little from the right, In at the window, or else ore the hatch. View more context for this quotation 1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 40 He had her not by's Wife, But by a Fish-wench he was kind to, And so she came in at the Window. < as lemmas |
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