单词 | hatches, matches, and dispatches |
释义 | > as lemmashatches, matches, and dispatches hatches, matches, and dispatches n. humorous a list of births, marriages, and deaths, esp. in a newspaper; also occasionally in singular. ΚΠ 1863 London Soc. Feb. 115/2 Before the fishing season again came round the following announcement appeared in the first column of the ‘Times’ newspaper, that column devoted to Hatches, Matches, and Despatches. 1878 J. Payn By Proxy I. xix. 217 First came the Births, Deaths, and Marriages... The female mind..takes an interest in the ‘Hatch, Match, and Despatch’ of its fellow-creatures. 1908 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 29 Aug. 570/1 Is not the event proclaimed..in the ‘Hatches, Matches, and Dispatches’ columns of the public press? 1953 M. Steen Anna Fitzalan viii. 215 Dismissing reviews..Lin turned to what Mummy called Hatches, Matches and Despatches. 2011 G. Cassidy From Glasgow to Ghost xv. 92 The story brewing in his head would be a colossal step up from hatches, matches, and despatches. < as lemmas |
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