| 释义 |
squiffer slang.|ˈskwɪfə(r)|
[Origin obscure.]
A concertina; also, an organ-bellows or organ. Also transf. (see quot. 1934).
1914G. B. Shaw Fanny's First Play i. 175 If you can get Holy Joe to sprint a hundred yards, I'll stand you that squiffer with the gold keys... What's a squiffer?..a concertina. 1934‘I. Hay’ David & Destiny v. 78 What exactly is a Squiffer... Strictly speaking, a concertina. By a process of excusable exaggeration, an organ-bellows, or even the organ itself. By a characteristic confusion of ideas, a person who blows an organ. |