| 单词 | to play gooseberry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play gooseberry 5. A chaperon or one who ‘plays propriety’ with a pair of lovers, esp. in to play gooseberry. (Cf. gooseberry-picker n. at Compounds 2.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > love affair > have affectionate or sexual relationship [verb (intransitive)] > play gooseberry to play gooseberry1837 the mind > emotion > love > love affair > [noun] > pair of lovers > unwanted companion of a pair of lovers gooseberry1837 1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. Gubbs, a go-between or gooseberry. ‘To play gooseberry’ is to give a pretext for two young people to be together. 1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose I. 169 Gooseberry I may be..but, at all events, I won't be instrumental in making myself so. 1881 W. E. Norris Matrimony I. 21 Let the old woman choose between playing gooseberry or loitering behind alone. 1889 G. Allen Tents of Shem II. 118 Madame didn't know a single word of English and was, therefore, admirably adapted..for enacting with effect the part of the common or garden gooseberry. < as lemmas |
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