| 单词 | drummer lad |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdrummer lad C1. Appositive (chiefly in sense 1b), as drummer boy, drummer lad, etc. ΚΠ 1786 Gentleman's Mag. June 521/1 A sailor..voluntarily confessed that he, about seven years ago, murdered a drummer boy. 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft x. 365 Matcham would have deserted had it not been for the presence of a little drummer-lad. 1843 Monthly Rev. Sept. 46 How could it be proved that his sweet Bessie was Elizabeth Smith the horrid drummer-girl? 1918 F. L. Waldo Amer. at Front iv. 51 There were no fledglings among these musicians, no little drummer lads. 1960 G. M. Waller Samuel Vetch xii. 225 The ‘children’ reported by Colonel Lee probably were drummer boys, unless some of the women camp followers had brought small children with them. 2005 J. M. Ward Midshipwizard Halcyon Blithe xix. 261 The two drummer boys stood each to an entrance to the decks below. < as lemmas |
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