| 单词 | whistling-shop |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhistling-shop whistling-shop n. slang a room in a prison in which spirits were secretly sold without a licence (a signal being given by whistling to escape detection). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > a room in prison > in which alcohol was sold whistling-shop1796 society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling liquor > unlicensed shebeenc1787 whistling-shop1796 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Whistling shop, rooms in the King's Bench prison where drams are privately sold. 1821 W. T. Moncrieff Tom & Jerry iii. v Scene V.—Interior of Whistling Shop. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xliv. 489 A whistling-shop, Sir, is where they sell spirits. < as lemmas |
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