| 单词 | fairy pipe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfairy pipe fairy pipe n. British a small clay tobacco pipe; esp. one of a type dating from the 17th or 18th centuries, which has been found or dug up. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > pipe > clay-pipe fairy pipe1829 clay1863 clay-pipe1876 T.D. pipe1880 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) 111 Fairy-pipes, small tobacco pipes, of an ancient and clumsy form, frequently found in ploughed fields in the North of England. 1835 Dublin Penny Jrnl. 4 28/2 What became of this fairy pipe, how destroyed, or how lost, I know not. 1890 Monthly Chron. North-country Lore & Legend Apr. 186/1 Fairy pipes seem to be pretty well distributed in these islands wherever there are old mounds, old rubbish heaps, or undisturbed foundations. 1985 Times 30 Mar. 33/2 Some [clay pipes], known as ‘fairy pipes’, are so small that it is difficult to imagine how they could have provided more than a few seconds' smoking. < as lemmas |
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