| 单词 | galley-yarn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgalley-yarn galley-yarn n. = galley-packet n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] spellc888 triflea1250 talea1325 vanity1340 a tale of waltrot1377 fablec1384 niflec1395 triflerya1400 truffc1430 jest1488 winter's talec1555 winter story1646 galley-packet1786 galley-yarn1874 cuffer1887 ploda1903 scuttlebutt yarn1918 just-so story1922 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 172 Gally-yarn, a sailor's term for a hoaxing story. 1884 W. E. Henley & R. L. Stevenson Admiral Guinea iii. iv You the one overtaken and denounced; and you spin me a galley yarn like that? 1905 Daily Chron. 11 July 3/4 Mr. Baring-Gould has gathered up all the old galley-yarns. < as lemmas |
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