英语词汇“alms-bread”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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alms-bread

alms-bread n. now historical bread, typically of poor quality, which is distributed as alms.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > second-quality bread

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1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iii. ii. sig. Kij^v My best graine [shall] Be made almes-bread to feed halfe-famisht mouths.

1830 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 234 Concessions which are as grateful to a proud colony as alms-bread is to a proud man.

1906 Smart Set July 87/1 That renowned bohemian who walked in Ionia's blossoming ways, eating alms-bread.

2003 D. Banham in C. P. Biggam From Earth to Art 122 Alms-bread was probably the roughest kind, suitable for giving away to the poor in large quantities.

extracted from almsn.

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单词	alms-bread
释义	> as lemmas alms-bread alms-bread n. now historical bread, typically of poor quality, which is distributed as alms. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > second-quality bread cocketc1390 yeoman bread1430 cheatc1450 alms-bread1600 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iii. ii. sig. Kij^v My best graine [shall] Be made almes-bread to feed halfe-famisht mouths. View more context for this quotation 1830 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 234 Concessions which are as grateful to a proud colony as alms-bread is to a proud man. 1906 Smart Set July 87/1 That renowned bohemian who walked in Ionia's blossoming ways, eating alms-bread. 2003 D. Banham in C. P. Biggam From Earth to Art 122 Alms-bread was probably the roughest kind, suitable for giving away to the poor in large quantities. extracted from almsn. < as lemmas
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