| 单词 | workhouse-clearing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasworkhouse-clearing b. Forming locative and objective adjectives in sense 2b with participial adjectives, as workhouse-bred, workhouse-clearing, etc. ΚΠ 1810 G. Crabbe Borough xxii. 301 Workhouse-clearing Men, Who, undisturb'd by Feelings just or kind, Would Parish-Boys to needy Tradesmen bind. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn III. ix. 172 Base-born, workhouse-bred! 1905 Jrnl. Royal Sanitary Inst. 26 60 It is quite possible to select the workhouse-reared children in the ordinary elementary school. 1919 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 310 The workhouse-born girl would not ally her lot with his. 2009 D. Waller Magnificent Mrs Tennant i. 4 The workhouse-raised, illegitimate son of a Welsh barmaid. < as lemmas |
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