| 单词 | a good pull-up for carmen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa good pull-up for carmen 3. British. A place for pulling up; a stopping-place for riders or drivers, esp. a roadside cafe (now somewhat dated). Formerly also in a good pull-up for carmen and allusive variants. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [adjective] > stopping-place on a journey pull-up1899 society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > break in a journey > stopping-place on a journey gist?c1225 mansiona1382 baiting1477 station1578 mansion place1584 manzil1619 night stop1787 gite1798 outspan1821 halting-place1826 stopping-place1827 stepping-stone1849 waypoint1860 landing-place1861 stop-off1869 stop-over1881 siding1896 half-way1897 sit-down1898 pull-up1899 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place > temporary > for travellers, pilgrims, etc. > resting-place on journey baiting1477 baiting-placec1530 stage1603 post-stage1642 station1722 post station1749 station house1815 stopping-place1827 stage-stand1856 refreshment stop1880 pull-up1899 1887 Advertisement in N.E.D (1909) at Pull-up This inn affords one of the most tempting positions for a pull-up house on the road.] 1899 Daily News 27 May 4/1 A humble little coffee-shop, which is a good pull-up for carmen. 1902 Daily Chron. 30 Apr. 8/1 A favourite ‘pull up’ for cyclists. 1925 H. V. Morton Heart of London 50 London's tea-shops are of many kinds, from the standardized shop to the good pull-up for millionaires constructed on the Paris plan. 1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down ii. xx. 442 He went into a workman's coffee-house: Good pull up for lorrys was on the sign outside. 1952 M. Allingham Tiger in Smoke ix. 153 The pull-up on the corner opens at five... I want..to get a bit o' breakfast. 1965 New Statesman 5 Nov. 713/1 These diners are roughly equivalent to our pull-ups. 1977 Listener 24 Mar. 382/2 Our mother..ran..a ‘caff’—or what was then known as a good pull-up for car-men. 1990 Times 3 Oct. 20/6 The snack bar, so much smarter than the usual transport pull up or, for that matter, many ordinary cafés. < as lemmas |
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