释义 |
ˈdish-wash [see wash n.] The greasy water in which dishes have been washed. b. As a term of contempt.
1592Nashe P. Penilesse (Shaks. Soc.) 65 He..hath his penance assignde him, to carouse himselfe drunke with dish-wash and vineger. 1598Florio, Stipa..dish-wash giuen to swyne and hogs. 1737Bracken Farriery Impr. (1757) II. 164 What I mean by warm water is not the warm Dish wash so much in use amongst the Vulgar. b.1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe in Harl. Misc. (1808–12) VI. 180 (D.) Their fathers..were scullions, dish-wash, and durty draffe. c1640J. Smyth Lives Berkeleys (1883) II. 372 Opprobrious words, of Coward, Cotquene, Milksopp, dishwash, and the like. |