单词 | to tip a stave to |
释义 | > as lemmasto tip a stave to (a person) P3. slang. to tip (a person) a stave (also to tip a stave to (a person)): to sing a song to (a person); (in extended use) to speak or write to (a person). Cf. sense 10, tip v.4 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (transitive)] > sing to besing1828 to tip (one) a stave1883 society > communication > correspondence > letter-writing > write (a letter) [verb (transitive)] > write to addressa1325 bepistle1589 beletter1655 epistolize1702 epistle1741 to tip (one) a stave1838 1762 J. Wignell Coll. Orig. Pieces 165 Come on, Brother Tars, and I'll tip you a Stave. 1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. xxiii. 350 Jist tip a stave to the Governor of Nova Scotia, order him to inquire out the author. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island ii. x. 77 ‘Now, Barbecue, tip us a stave,’ cried one voice. 1908 E. G. Kennedy in E. R. Pennell & J. Pennell Life J. M. Whistler II. xi. 174 Perhaps he knows the lay of the ground. You speak French like a native; tip him a stave. 1963 Sunday Times 24 Mar. (Weekly Review section) 34/4 The chaps in knee-breeches were standing about..as though perfectly willing to tip anybody a stave. < as lemmas |
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