| 单词 | to gad the hoof |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto gad the hoof slang. to gad the hoof: to go without shoes, to walk barefoot. Now archaic and rare (U.S. in later use). ΚΠ 1839 H. Brandon Dict. Flash or Cant Lang. in W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 167/1 Gadding the hoof—going without shoes. 1861 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 9 Nov. 216/1 For two months they had gadded the hoof. 1880 G. A. Townsend Tales Chesapeake 94 I had rather parted with my shoes at a dolly shop and gone gadding the hoof. 1955 M. Kantor Andersonville xiii. 125 Isn't that better than living on hog-fodder, and gadding the hoof? < as lemmas |
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