| 单词 | to give one two dozen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give one two dozen b. Elliptical (with a noun of measure, etc., understood). dozen of bread: a dozen loaves. dozen of beer, dozen of ale, dozen of wine, etc., i.e. a dozen pots or bottles; hence rump(-steak) and a dozen: see quot. 1893. to give one two dozen, i.e. lashes. ΚΠ 1574 J. Baret Aluearie D 938 A dosen of bread, duodeni, vel duodecim panes. 1574 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 376 Payed for dozen of breade..iiijs. 1677 Lady Chaworth in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 37 A dozen of Margett ale. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 308 ‘I'll bet a rump and dozen’, said Pleydell. 1835 C. Shaw Let. 6 Dec. in Personal Mem. & Corr. (1837) II. 453 I ordered them..to receive two dozen each, being caught in the act. 1839 A. Somerville Hist. Brit. Legion iii. 42 He was tied up, and..took his two dozen. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 4 Feb. 8/3 The stake being a ‘rump-steak and a dozen’... It was explained that it was a dinner and as much as you liked to drink. < as lemmas |
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