| 单词 | hackney mule |
| 释义 | > as lemmashackney mule c. attributive. Designating an animal kept for hire in the manner of a hackney horse, as hackney ass, hackney mule, etc. ΚΠ 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. viii. 303 Great store of hackney-mules, and asses are kept for trauellers to ride vpon. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 128 Here are Hackney Asses always standing ready equipp'd for hire. 1753 T. Blackwell Mem. Court Augustus II. vi. 79 Ventidius from keeping hackney-Mules, was mounted, in Cesar's place, to the highest Magistracy. 1845 Traveller's Mag. June 22 Two or three hackney camels, with their Arab attendants, would appear among the donkeys for hire. 1857 C. Oscanyan Sultan & his People iv. 89 May your transmuted soul become in hell a hackney ass. 1969 E. J. B. Allen Diplomatic Courier in Europe (PhD. Thesis, Brigham Young University) viii. 233 Post horses were not to be had in Madrid, so he had to ride hackney mules as far as Bayonne. < as lemmas |
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