单词 | crinkle-crankle wall |
释义 | > as lemmascrinkle-crankle wall crinkle-crankle wall n. a wall which curves back and forth regularly along its length. ΚΠ 1962 Times 26 Sept. 14/7 Serpentine or crinkle-crankle walls have once or twice been observed. 1979 R. Blythe View in Winter 85 The pock-marks of the shots are still to be seen today on the crinkle-crankle wall. 1999 Church Times 15 Oct. 28/4 Eye is a town with a mayor and a dizzy ring of a castle, a dreadful town hall, a favourite Co-op, a crinkle-crankle wall, one pub, and two thousand inhabitants. < as lemmas |
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