单词 | by one's fingers' ends |
释义 | > as lemmasby one's fingers' ends ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [adverb] > manually manuallyc1475 handily1611 by one's fingers' ends1618 1618 H. Fitzgeffrey Certain Elegies sig. C3v All he spends, He getteth brauely by his Fingers ends. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 51 Thousands..liue singular well by their fingers ends. 1680 R. L'Estrange Discov. upon Discov. 17 Pray'e advise him..to be modest, and Temperate, and not to bear so hard upon a poor decayed Gentleman..that lives by his Fingers End. < as lemmas |
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