释义 |
come-o'-will Sc. Also come-of-will. Any person (or thing) that comes of his own accord, or without being invited; a plant that springs up spontaneously; a bastard child. (Jam.)
1815Scott Guy M. iii, ‘Little curlie Godfrey—that's the eldest, the come o' will, as I may say’. 1823Blackw. Mag. Mar. 314 (Jam.) ‘The rest are upstarts and come-o'-wills’. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. II. vii. ix, A tame raven come-of-will. |