| 单词 | forty pence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasforty pence ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > who runs errands forty pencea1605 runner1686 a1605 W. Haughton English-men for my Money (1616) sig. F4 Farewell fortipence, goe seeke your Signor. forty pence c. †forty weeks: often used for the length of the period of gestation. †forty pence: a customary amount for a wager. forty winks (colloquial): a short nap, esp. after dinner. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > stake > customary amount forty pencec1350 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > an instance or period of > short or light > esp. after dinner forty winks1872 c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 118 (MED) In þyssere ioye we scholde by-louken Al hyre ioyen of uourti woken Þe wylest he ȝede wyþ chylde. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xvi. l. 100 (MED) In þe wombe of þat wenche was he fourty wokes. 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Di xl. d. gaged vpon a matche of wrastling. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iii. 90 How tasts it? Is it bitter? Forty pence, no. View more context for this quotation 1872 Punch 16 Nov. 208/2 If a..man, after reading steadily through the Thirty-nine Articles, were to take forty winks. 1887 G. R. Sims Mary Jane's Mem. 228 I'm tired, and I want my forty winks. < as lemmas |
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