单词 | hen-coop laughter |
释义 | > as lemmashen-coop laughter As a modifier, in the sense ‘resembling or characteristic of a hen coop’, as in hen-coop laughter, hen-coop chatter, etc. ΚΠ 1758 Things as they Are (ed. 3) 100 They may even take some sorry village, or hen-coop-fortification, whose name was before scarce known. 1898 Daily News 28 Sept. 5/3 The huge hen-coop crinoline disfigured the women. 1937 E. Sitwell I live under Black Sun 296 There came a sound of crazy hen-coop laughter. 2014 A. Murray Christmas at Thalstead Halt in D. Allen et al. Christmas Fireside Stories 78 The snort and clatter of the horses and the hen-coop chatter of voices. < as lemmas |
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