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单词 victualling-office
释义

victualling-officen.

Brit. /ˈvɪtl̩ɪŋˌɒfɪs/, U.S. /ˈvɪdl̩ɪŋˌɔfəs/, /ˈvɪdl̩ɪŋˌɑfəs/
Etymology: formed as victualling-house n.
a. An office concerned with the victualling of ships, esp. of ships of the Royal Navy.
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society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > offices concerned with shipping
victualling-office1668
ballast office1677
shipping-office1840
society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > administration and ceremonial > [noun] > victualling-office
victualling-office1668
1668 in Extracts State Papers (Friends' Hist. Soc.) (1912) 3rd Ser. 278 The Place was originally called Maison de diew, but now his Ma[jes]tis victualing office in this Port is seated there.
1710 C. Shadwell Fair Quaker of Deal i. i. 9 We..pry into the Rogueries of the Victualling-Office.
1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Dover The courts of chancery, admiralty, &c. relating to them all, are kept in St. James's Ch. and here are a custom-house and victualling-office.
1757 W. Thompson Royal Navy-men's Advocate 48 The Labourers of Portsmouth Victualling Office are..employed in extra Hours.
1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate iii Now, my wife had keepit a victualling office.
1845 Encycl. Metrop. VI. 350 The Victualling Office at Plymouth..is now brought almost into juxta-position with it [sc. the Dockyard].
b. Boxing slang. The stomach.
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > stomach or belly > [noun]
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gut1362
stomachc1374
bellyc1375
pauncha1393
flanka1398
heartc1400
kitchen?a1500
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micklewame1566
craw1574
ventricle1574
pudding house1583
buck1607
wame1611
ventricule1677
ventriculus1710
victualling-office1751
breadbasket1753
haggis1757
haggis bagc1775
baggie1786
pechan1786
manyplies1787
middle piece1817
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inner woman1857
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kishke1902
shit-bag1902
Little Mary1903
puku1917
Maconochie1919
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cviii. 259 He..found it impracticable to smite his antagonist upon the victualling-office.
1785 in F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue
1820 Sporting Mag. 6 80 Spring put in a heavy claim on his opponent's victualling office.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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