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单词 worn to a ravelling
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worn to a ravelling
b. figurative. Chiefly in worn to a ravelling and variants.
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1778 Love-feast 21 Of Righteousness mere Rav'lings and vile Shreds.
1855 Househ. Words 10 Feb. 36/2 We were constantly assured she was worn to a thread with entreating us to hold up—nay, to a ravelling.
1903 B. Potter Tailor of Gloucester 22 I am worn to a ravelling.
1943 C. S. Lewis Perelandra x. 151 Mothers wearing themselves to a ravelling to marry some daughter to a man whom she detested.
2003 Independent (Nexis) 12 Oct. 40 The only reason we're not rioting in the streets is that we're worn to a ravelling with the worry.
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