| 单词 | gum ball |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgum ball gum ball n. originally and chiefly U.S. (a) a ball of chewing gum usually with a coloured sugar coating and typically dispensed from a machine. (b) a small rubber ball, used as a toy, etc. (now rare);The sense in quots. 1841 and 1852 is not clear. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > ball or balloon > [noun] ball?c1225 wind-ball1578 toss-ball1681 air ball1756 balloon1800 poi1817 gum ball1855 air balloon1883 beach-ball1940 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > chewing- or bubble-gum gum1842 chewing-gum1850 gum ball1855 Tutti Frutti1885 chicle1889 bubblegum1911 spearmint1920 chewy1921 chutty1941 chuggy1994 spoggy1999 1841 Boston Morning Post 7 Oct. (advt.) Tomorrow, at 10 o'clock, at office. Will be sold the stock of a confectioner..consisting of peppermints—candies of various kinds..1 set gum balls—1 set toy moulds [etc.]. 1852 Defiance (Ohio) Democrat 4 Dec. Gun caps—gum balls. Toys for the children.] 1855 Boston Post 27 Jan. What a trade in sweets... The amount of blue, yellow, green and red drops,..gum balls, peppermints and candy that an ordinarily well constructed French young woman will dispose of..is astonishing. 1904 ‘O. Henry’ Heart of West (1917) vii. 94 ‘Cricket’ McGuire, ex-feather-weight prizefighter, tout, jockey, follower of the ‘ponies’, all-round sport, and manipulator of the gum balls and walnut shells, looked up pugnaciously. 1915 Gaz. & Bull. (Williamsport, Pa.) 15 Dec. 3/4 (advt.) Footballs, striking balls, and gum balls. 1986 L. Erdrich Beet Queen (1989) i. ii. 29 I never chewed gum balls through, because I heard Auntie Adelaide tell mother once, in anger, that only tramps chewed gum. 1998 Science 8 May 823/2 Atom counters approach the problem roughly like a geometry student estimating how many gum balls are in a gum-ball machine. < as lemmas |
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