| 单词 | fresh air fund |
| 释义 | > as lemmasFresh Air Fund C2. U.S. Also with capital initials. Designating a charitable organization, place, etc., which provides rural holidays and outdoor activities, esp. for underprivileged children, as in Fresh Air Fund. Also: designating a child who participates in holidays and activities run by such an organization. ΚΠ 1868 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 10 June The proposition to raise through the churches a ‘Fresh Air Fund’ is to aid this class. 1879 Cincinnati Commerc. 17 Aug. 12/4 (heading) A fresh air charity. 1930 K. A. Porter Let. 6 Oct. (1990) i. 25 The famous free Fresh Air Schools subsist, evidently, on praise, for there are no funds for their support. 1999 M. Pendergrast Uncommon Grounds ii. vii. 135 He..brought ‘fresh air’ children from New York City to his New Paltz farm. 2005 Vanity Fair May 185/3 The Brook also served as the summer destination for a sort of Fresh Air Fund that Rothstein operated for a small group of inner-city youths who apprenticed themselves to him. < as lemmas |
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