| 单词 | to spit cotton |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto spit cotton e. Colloquial phrase (U.S.): to spit cotton, to spit white, cottony saliva; to be very thirsty; to have a dry mouth; also figurative, to be very angry. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > be thirsty [verb (intransitive)] > be extremely thirsty to spit cotton1825 to spit chips1901 to be gasping1958 the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > to rage (of fury) [verb (intransitive)] > be or become furious wedec1000 resea1250 ragea1400 rampc1405 rase1440 outragea1475 stampc1480 enragec1515 ournc1540 gry1594 fury1628 rampage1692 to stamp one's foot1821 to fire off1848 foam1852 fire1859 to stomp one's feetc1927 to spit chips1947 to spit cotton1947 to spit blood1963 to go ballistic1981 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. xxv. 391 Spit a little cotton or so..and you'll see the fun. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. xxv. 392 We'll see who spits cotton first. 1851 J. B. Lamar et al. Polly Peablossom's Wedding & Other Tales 179 He awoke spitting little wads of cotton, his mouth being as dry and dusty as Broadway in fly-time. 1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 354 When one is very thirsty and his mouth dry the spittle white and sticky he is said to ‘spit-cotton’. 1947 Chicago Daily News 14 June 6/3 The Kansas City vote frauds..have Attorney General Tom Clark spitting cotton, they believe. < as lemmas |
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