单词 | for the use of |
释义 | > as lemmasfor the use of P21. humorous. for the use of: (following a noun phrase, in imitation of official inventory style) specifically intended for (someone) to use. ΚΠ 1917 ‘Sapper’ No Man's Land 56 When a man habitually calls an armchair, A chair, arm—officers, for the use of, one—his conversation is apt to become stilted. 1959 R. Postgate Every Man is God xxiii. 218 A Mallaby Deeley was a cheap mass-produced suit invented by a smart M.P. Ex-officers, out of work, for the use of. 1971 D. Francis Bonecrack iv. 44 There was..an armchair of sorts, visitors for the use of. 1995 R. C. Weyman In Love & War 9 I saw his army issue ‘pistol, officers for the use of’, at my stomach. < as lemmas |
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