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

a. transitive. to mill doll (also to mill dolly): to beat hemp or flax as a prison occupation; (hence) to be in prison. Cf. dolly n.¹ 4b and mill-doll n. Obsolete.

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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > be imprisoned [verb (intransitive)] > beat hemp or flax

to mill doll1714

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1714 A. Smith Hist. Lives Highway-men (ed. 2) I. 141 Having been often punisht at hard Labour in Bridewell, which beating of Hemp the Thieves call Mill dolly.

1780 R. Tomlinson Slang Pastoral vi. 7 When sitting with Nancy, what sights have I seen!.. But now she mills doll.

1821 P. Egan Life in London i. ii. 34 A saucy, tip-slang, moon-eyed hen, Who oft mills Doll at block.

1848 Sinks of London laid Open 115 Milldoll, to beat hemp in Bridewell.

单词	to mill dolly
释义	> as lemmas to mill dolly a. transitive. to mill doll (also to mill dolly): to beat hemp or flax as a prison occupation; (hence) to be in prison. Cf. dolly n.¹ 4b and mill-doll n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > be imprisoned [verb (intransitive)] > beat hemp or flax to mill doll1714 mill1733 1714 A. Smith Hist. Lives Highway-men (ed. 2) I. 141 Having been often punisht at hard Labour in Bridewell, which beating of Hemp the Thieves call Mill dolly. 1780 R. Tomlinson Slang Pastoral vi. 7 When sitting with Nancy, what sights have I seen!.. But now she mills doll. 1821 P. Egan Life in London i. ii. 34 A saucy, tip-slang, moon-eyed hen, Who oft mills Doll at block. 1848 Sinks of London laid Open 115 Milldoll, to beat hemp in Bridewell. extracted from millv.¹ < as lemmas
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