| 单词 | wool-hole |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswool-hole wool-hole n. Printing also Printers' slang (see quot.). ΚΠ 1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing 814 Wool hole, a place boxed off sometimes under a stair case, or in any situation where the dust will not affect the press room,..in which the wool is carded wherewith to make the balls. 1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing 814 Wool hole, the workhouse. When a compositor or pressman is reduced by age or illness to take refuge in the workhouse, it is said he is in the Wool Hole. < as lemmas |
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