单词 | way-cast |
释义 | > as lemmasway-cast way-cast n. Scottish something of little value or use; a thing which can be discarded without hesitation or concern. Sc. National Dict. (at wa adv.) records this word as still in use in Orkney, Shetland, and north-eastern Scotland in 1973. ΚΠ 1827 J. Imlah May Flowers 83 Gie big-bellied John Bull his pot fu' o' Porter, Which is far frae a wa'-cast. 1873 J. Brown Round Table Club 311 A dram like that's nae a wa'-cast on a hill-tap. 1947 New Shetlander No. 4. 2 Robbie said among other things, that it was a wanwirt an a wa-cast. < as lemmas |
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