单词 | chiplin |
释义 | † chiplinn. Obsolete. Perhaps: a diminutive, subordinate, or impoverished chaplain.With punning allusion to chip n.2 1 for humorous effect. ΚΠ 1639 J. Taylor Part Summers Trav. 44 It is long of you that what ever the Choplin and the Chaplin liath, yet the thin-check'd Chiplin hath nothing at all. 1672 R. Wild Poetica Licentia in Let. Declar. Liberty Conscience 28 Popes were Kings Chiplains first, their Chaplains next. 1700 Char. Whig 74 He must..cleave a Logg into Billets, for the Parlour Fire, whilst the Knight, my Lady, and her Children, eat up the Chickens, Tarts, and Custards, and then calls in the Chiplin to Dismiss them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1639 |
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