释义 |
ˈout-reˌlief a. = out-door relief: see outdoor a. 2. Also fig.
1892Pall Mall G. 7 Sept. 6/2 You have got an out-relief officer. 1894Westm. Gaz. 31 May 3/1 There are successful out-relief unions as well as successful anti-out-relief unions. 1900New Cent. Rev. VII. 399 Even under the system of out-relief there is some little incentive left. 1973G. E. Aylmer State's Servants ii. 51 Ireland was still regarded as an out-relief centre for the less hopeful and worse-qualified members of the English governing class. †b. concr. A person receiving out-door relief. Obs.
1904Westm. Gaz. 22 Apr. 3/2 Still worse is the case of the aged ‘out-relief’, with his 3s. a week. |