| 单词 | housefolk |
| 释义 | > as lemmashousefolk housefolk n. [compare Middle Low German hūsvolk, German (now hist.) Hausvolk (1437 as hausfolk)] ΚΠ a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3139 Euerilc hus-folc ðe mai it ðauen. a1760 T. Gifford Hist. Descr. Zetland Islands in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. 37 (1786) 92 That none entertain in their families idle persons,..nor such as are called house-folk. 1835 J. P. Kennedy Horse-shoe Robinson I. 167 I have told the house-folks to make ready somewhat in the way of victuals. 1904 F. J. Gould Children's Bk. Moral Lessons 3rd Ser. 26 There was a great outcry among the house-folk, for they think it unlucky to rock an empty cradle. 1988 Washington Post (Nexis) 15 July n18 After several visits by the Rev. Dennis Cahill,..things stopped going bump in the night and peace descended on the Livingston housefolk. < as lemmas |
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