单词 | daybug |
释义 | > as lemmasdaybug daybug n. School slang (mildly depreciative) = day scholar n.; cf. bug n.2 9. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > day pupil day scholar1699 day-boy1750 day boarder1758 day pupil1784 day student1795 home boarder1816 day girl1831 out-pupil1841 extern1848 daybug1909 1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 105/1 Don't row with that fellow, he's only a day-bug. 1913 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. I. i. vii. 103 When an older boarder called him a ‘day-bug’ Michael was discreetly silent. 2002 C. Slaughter Before Knife (2003) xii. 196 St Mary's was an Anglican girls' school that took boarders and daygirls... The daybugs were scum, of course, and we didn't give them the time of day. < as lemmas |
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