单词 | hatchet fashion |
释义 | > as lemmashatchet fashion hatchet fashion adv. and n. (a) adv. in the way a hatchet is used or wielded; (b) n. a manner resembling the wielding or using of a hatchet. ΚΠ 1829 United Service Jrnl. Feb. 315 The latter manoeuvre was too Frenchified and scholar-like for Jack, who hit hatchet fashion, felling the Greeks like cattle. 1913 Times of India 9 Jan. 11/4 Such implements were used hatchet-fashion. 1928 N.Y. Times 23 Dec. iii. 2/3 The wrecking of a speakeasy here by Mrs. Maud Wilson in the hatchet fashion made famous by the late Carrie Nation has started a drive on vice. 2010 S. Sayler What your Body says iv. 55 The friend begins to gesture towards John with a rigid forearm, moving it up and down quickly in a hatchet fashion. < as lemmas |
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