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单词 to shoulder walnut
释义

> as lemmas

to shoulder walnut
b. As material for gun-stocks. Hence colloquial to shoulder walnut: to enlist as a soldier. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > enlist soldiers [verb (intransitive)] > enlist as a soldier
to take wages1338
shoulder1594
to take service1634
list1643
to take the shilling1707
enlist1776
to shoulder walnut1838
join1844
to join up1916
attest1917
1838 D. Jerrold Men of Char. (1851) 10 ‘I tell ye, Cuttles, it's no use. I'll shoulder walnut first.’ ‘Walnut!’ ‘Ay, go for a soldier.’
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