| 单词 | corner-house |
| 释义 | > as lemmascorner-house corner-house n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house in specific situation townhouse1571 garden house1598 corner-house1693 wharf-house1698 notch house1825 suburban1856 twilight home1934 twilight house1971 townhome1976 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour v. i. 49 Come along with me..to yond' Corner-house. 1886 W. Besant Children of Gibeon II. ii. x. 135 He..stopped at a corner house. corner-house corner-house n. (a) (see sense Compounds 1a); (b) (with capital initials) one of a number of large restaurants in London owned by J. Lyons and Co., Ltd. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > other eating-houses ordinary1590 chop-house1699 porterhouse?1730 steak house1762 beef-house1807 rotisserie1825 fish-shop1826 supper tavern1841 supper house1855 supper room1858 grill-room1883 teetotum1891 grill1896 bar and grill1903 corner-house1912 bistro1922 roadhouse1922 hot doggery1923 rosticceria1930 dinette1940 British Restaurant1941 drive-through1949 drive-up1956 sobaya1958 carvery1962 ouzeri1964 crêperie1967 steak restaurant1970 sushiya1970 steak bar1971 buka1972 kopitiam1979 bukateria1980 churrascaria1981 parrilla1981 Indian1982 theme pub1983 parrillada1984 restobar1992 1415 in W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 232 Fro the corner howse..vntill the garden. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 225 The corner house, at the ende of Bassinges hall streete. 1693 [see corner-house n. at Compounds 1a]. 1886 [see corner-house n. at Compounds 1a]. 1912 C. Mackenzie Carnival xx. 200 Noisy tea-parties in..the Corner House, where ladies were not permitted to smoke and customers were kindly requested to pay at the desk. 1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay xii. 179 An acquaintance which ripened..over the tea-cups..on the fifth floor of Lyons' Strand Corner House. 1958 G. Greene Our Man in Havana v. vi. 260 We could meet at the Corner House for a cheap snack. 1963 V. Nabokov Gift v. 297 A white Pskovan-type church, which had recently grown up out of the corner house. < as lemmas |
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