| 单词 | cold scran |
| 释义 | > as lemmascold scran a. A collection of eatables; provisions for a slight repast or picnic; a portion of food carried by a labourer into the field for a meal. Also spec. in Nautical slang, food, rations. cold scran, cold refreshment. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > [noun] > edible material or part victualc1374 meat?a1425 mealc1547 esculent1633 edible1661 edule1699 scran1808 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Skran Fine skran, a phrase used by young people when they meet with any thing, especially what is edible, which they consider as a valuable acquisition, S. 1826–30 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) i. lxxxi. 14 Se weel she ettles what aw get..That nyen can say we..want for owther claes or scran. 1857 ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue Scran, food. Thieves. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Scran, a snack of food; the refreshment that labourers take with them into the fields. a1892 E. J. Milliken 'Arry Ballads 3 But to cart you off suddent to Chawbaconshire and cold scran... I call it 'ard lines. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin i. 8 Them two's on watch now, but they'll be down at eight bells clamourin' for their scran like a lot o' wolves. a1935 T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) ii. xiii. 135 ‘Scran up!’ he called in his sailor's belling tone against my ear. 1974 Sentinel (Ottawa) X. ii. 6/3 He's the chief cook on board, responsible for the preparation and serving of food—or ‘scran’, according to the hands—to 280 hungry mouths about three times a day. < as lemmas |
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