单词 | hand-running |
释义 | hand-runningadj. colloquial, English regional (chiefly northern), and U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland). Now rare. Used postpositively. Of periods of time, a series of events, etc.: in succession; = running adj. 28b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > continuously or uninterruptedly [phrase] > in continuous succession forne onc1175 (one) in (also on) the neck of another1525 in a successiona1715 hand-running?1807 off the reel1866 on the trot1952 ?1807 ‘J. Jingle’ Remarks xx Billy Bigcam..danced three times hand-running the other night with Betsy All-Lone. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (at cited word) There was six deaths from th' fever hand-running. 1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham xvii. 314 Irene's been up two nights hand running. 1939 H. Miller Let. 3 June in A. Nin & H. Miller Literate Passion (1989) 319 Got two letters hand-running this morning. 1985 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. 27 Nov. a15/4 I played the same piece for 12 years hand-running and never got it right once. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1807 |
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