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单词 bench-whistler
释义 ˈbench-ˌwhistler Obs.
One who sits idly whistling on a bench: a term of reproach.
1542Boorde Dyetary viii. 245 Fye on the, benche-whystler, wylt thou sterte away nowe?1607Chapman All Fooles Plays (1873) I. 137 Y'are but bench-whistlers now a dayes to them that were in our times.1618Hornby Sco. Drunk. (1859) 17 He that will not drinke off his whole scowre Is a bench-whistler.
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