单词 | housewife fashion |
释义 | > as lemmashousewife fashion housewife fashion adv. [after French à la bonne femme and its shortened form bonne femme (for both, see bonne femme n.)] in the manner of a housewife or housewives. ΚΠ 1767 B. Clermont tr. Menon Art Mod. Cookery Displayed 86 (heading) Calve's Ears House-wife Fashion. Make a Sauce with a little Jelly Broth, as much white Wine, a Bit of Butter, [etc.]. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxii. 217 They bestirred themselves real housewife-fashion to..make us comfortable. 1916 Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric. 28 Apr. App. 26 If it could be separated, the white was drained off, housewife fashion, into one receptacle, and the yolk dropped into another. < as lemmas |
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