| 单词 | a whoop and a holler |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa whoop and a holler P1. a whoop and a holler (and variants): a short distance.The relationship of quot. 1753 to the later evidence is unclear; in it, the fact that two whoops is one of a series of indications of the distance between two places, by the sounds audible between them. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > a short distance wurpc950 stepc1000 footc1300 furlong wayc1384 stone-casta1387 straw brede14.. tinec1420 weec1420 field-breadth1535 field-broad1535 pair of butts1545 straw-breadth1577 stone's throw1581 way-bit?1589 space1609 piece1612 littlea1616 spirt1670 a spit and a stride1676 hair's breadth1706 rope's length1777 biscuit throw1796 a whoop and a holler1815 biscuit toss1836 biscuit cast1843 stone-shot1847 pieceway1886 stone-put1896 pitch-and-putt1925 pieceways1932 1753 C. Gist Jrnls. 27 Dec. (1893) 85 He said he could hear a gun to his cabin, and steered us more northwardly. We grew uneasy, and then he said two whoops might be heard to his cabin.] 1815 W. Scott Let. 19 Jan. (1933) IV. 13 We are much nearer neighbours and within a whoop and a hollow. 1896 Evening Record (Windsor, Ontario) 12 May 3/2 I reckon hit's 'bout two whoops... P'raps it may be a smitch furder.., but I 'low hit ain't more'n two whoops an' a holler. 1951 L. Craig Singing Hills 155 They lived in a cabin which Miriam said was three whoops and two hollers away. 1974 D. Sears Lark in Clear Air i. 14 A string of hounds..were only a whoop and a bellow behind father. 2017 Nelson (N.Z.) Mail (Nexis) 27 Sept. (Features section) 8 Nelson Intermediate School is just a whoop and a holler from Waimea Road. < as lemmas |
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