单词 | cabbage-eating |
释义 | > as lemmascabbage-eating cabbage-eating adj. that eats cabbage or cabbages; also (derogatory) applied to a person from a social class or a region (esp. northern or eastern Europe) traditionally associated with the eating of cabbages. ΚΠ 1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret ii. 30 A journeyman tailor! A rascal, has he the impudence to transpire to be mayor? This cross-leg'd cabbage-eating son of a cucumber. 1869 Guardian (Philadelphia) Feb. 67 The Germans are rapidly converting us into a cabbage-eating nation. 1908 Nature Notes 19 187 The sharp, crushing, cabbage-eating jaws of the caterpillar. 2003 R. McClain Cabbage Head xxix. 168 Italians get really pissed off when one of their women marries a foreigner, especially a cabbage eating Czech asshole. < as lemmas |
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