英语词汇“topping shed”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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topping shed

topping shed n. British slang (now historical) the area of a prison in which the gallows are located.

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1937 E. Raymond Marsh iv. ii. 317 ‘Where's the condemned cell?’ ‘Next to the toppin' shed, matey.’

1962 F. Norman Guntz vi. 45 A man in the topping shed on the morning of his judicial murder is often dragged to the scaffold by his barnet.

2003 Spectator (Nexis) 3 May 28 In the old days of what was affectionately known as the topping shed the infrequent official executions acted as a kind of catharsis for many of the inmates' suicidal feelings.

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单词	topping shed
释义	> as lemmas topping shed topping shed n. British slang (now historical) the area of a prison in which the gallows are located. ΚΠ 1937 E. Raymond Marsh iv. ii. 317 ‘Where's the condemned cell?’ ‘Next to the toppin' shed, matey.’ 1962 F. Norman Guntz vi. 45 A man in the topping shed on the morning of his judicial murder is often dragged to the scaffold by his barnet. 2003 Spectator (Nexis) 3 May 28 In the old days of what was affectionately known as the topping shed the infrequent official executions acted as a kind of catharsis for many of the inmates' suicidal feelings. extracted from toppingn.¹ < as lemmas
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