Brock's benefitn.

Etymology: < the name of C. T. Brock, maker of fireworks + benefit n. 4a.

colloquial.

From the spectacular display of fireworks held annually at the Crystal Palace from 1865 to 1936: (a) fireworks; (b) a brilliant illumination at night, esp. in war, from searchlights, flares, artillery, etc.; (c) figurative any comparable outburst (of excitement, etc.).

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society > armed hostility > war > [noun] > illuminations of war

Brock's benefit1920

the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > collectively

feu d'artifice1699

squibbery1824

Brock's benefit1920

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint > instance of

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Brock's benefit1948

1920 P. Gibbs Realities of War iv. vii. 188 They..opened such a Brock's benefit that the enemy must have been shocked with surprise.

1921 ‘I. Hay’ Willing Horse ix. 159 The Germans were furnished with bombs which exploded on impact; ours were of the Brock's Benefit type, and had to be lit with a match.

1929 Melody Maker Jan. 19/1 The engines puff out.., a regular Brock's Benefit of sparks.

1930 E. Blunden Poems 173 Thence Brock's Benefit commanded endless fireworks by two nations.

1942 New Statesman 19 Sept. 186/2 The searchlights and anti-aircraft fire and bursting bombs are collectively referred to as..Brock's benefit.

1948 Economist 26 June 1060 The third reading of the Representation of the People Bill produced a regular Brock's benefit of insults and expletives.

1957 Sunday Times 20 Oct. 13/3 The whole of the southern flank..opened up and it looked like a real Brock's Benefit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	brocks benefit
释义	Brock's benefitn. Etymology: < the name of C. T. Brock, maker of fireworks + benefit n. 4a. colloquial. From the spectacular display of fireworks held annually at the Crystal Palace from 1865 to 1936: (a) fireworks; (b) a brilliant illumination at night, esp. in war, from searchlights, flares, artillery, etc.; (c) figurative any comparable outburst (of excitement, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > [noun] > illuminations of war Brock's benefit1920 the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > collectively feu d'artifice1699 squibbery1824 Brock's benefit1920 the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint > instance of outbreakinga1387 breaking-out1552 outbreak1562 eruption1598 storm1602 out-breach1609 fulmination1623 outflying1641 outburst1657 float1763 overboiling1767 irruption1811 gush1821 outflash1831 outflush1834 shooting forth1837 outbursting1838 blow-off1842 outblaze1843 upburst1843 upthrow1855 upbreak1856 spurt1859 outlash1868 spitfire1886 Brock's benefit1948 1920 P. Gibbs Realities of War iv. vii. 188 They..opened such a Brock's benefit that the enemy must have been shocked with surprise. 1921 ‘I. Hay’ Willing Horse ix. 159 The Germans were furnished with bombs which exploded on impact; ours were of the Brock's Benefit type, and had to be lit with a match. 1929 Melody Maker Jan. 19/1 The engines puff out.., a regular Brock's Benefit of sparks. 1930 E. Blunden Poems 173 Thence Brock's Benefit commanded endless fireworks by two nations. 1942 New Statesman 19 Sept. 186/2 The searchlights and anti-aircraft fire and bursting bombs are collectively referred to as..Brock's benefit. 1948 Economist 26 June 1060 The third reading of the Representation of the People Bill produced a regular Brock's benefit of insults and expletives. 1957 Sunday Times 20 Oct. 13/3 The whole of the southern flank..opened up and it looked like a real Brock's Benefit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1920
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