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单词 eleven-o'-clock
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eleven-o'-clock
eleven-o'-clock n. (see A. 2b), used attributively or as adj. in eleven-o'-clock lady, eleven-o'-clock wind (see quots.).
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1879 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants (ed. 3) Eleven o'clock lady, Fr. dame d'onze heures, from its waking up and opening its eyes so late in the day; the star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum, L.).
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 July 8/2 A..stiff breeze..called ‘eleven o'clock wind’..that is to say, supposing the target to be marked like the dial of a clock, the wind would blow..in the direction of the figure 11.
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