figurative and in figurative contexts, with reference to prolonging or spinning out a matter or subject. Cf. wire-draw, v. 2. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity > one who (2) wire-drawer1566 figurative and in figurative contexts, with reference to prolonging or spinning out a matter or subject. Cf. wire-draw, v. 2. Obsolete. Tom Long1785 the name of (the type of) an untrustworthy messenger whose messages are never delivered or take an inordinately long time (originally and chiefly in… |
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