单词 | gadder-about |
释义 | > as lemmasgadder-about gadder-about n. ΚΠ 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 106 An idle gadder about. 1685 E. Fowler Serm. Meeting Gloucestershire-men 26 It makes them Idle and Gadders about. 1773 Craftsman 4 Sept. From examples set here, she becomes a gadder about. 1850 Natchez (Mississippi) Courier 10 Sept. The gadder-about pats C. upon his back, and swears that his wealth is just sufficient. 1937 Illustr. London News 23 Oct. 722/2 The eldest was a lazy hypochondriac, the youngest a selfish gadder-about. 1992 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 1 Nov. (Spectrum section) 4/1 The Cancer Fund, for example, attracts the very icing of Hongkong gadders-about. < as lemmas |
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