| 单词 | a flap with a fox tail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa flap with a fox tail b. A blow given with something broad and loose (cf. 2). Also figurative. †a flap with a fox tail: figurative ? a contemptuous dismissal; a trivial rebuke (cf. flap v. 2d). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > mild > instance of a flap with a fox tail1553 rub1642 a slap in (or on) the face, in the eye, on the wrist1914 a tap on the wrist1973 wrist-slap1977 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique i. f. 21 So that he [sc. the lawyer] gaineth alwaies..wheras the other get a warme sonne often tymes, and a flappe with a foxe taile for al that euer thei haue spente. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Faggiolata, a flim-flam tale..a flap with a foxetaile. 1653 A. Wilson Inconstant Lady iii. i Liquorish flies do sometimes meet with flaps. 1717 Will of S. Jackson If the Beadle make any demand..send him away with a Flapp of a Fox taile. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. ii. 17 This Flapper is..employed..to give him a soft Flap on his Eyes. 1727 J. Gay Lady & Wasp 8 The slightest flap a fly can chase. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. §84 75 I found another Flap for the House of Peers. < as lemmas |
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