单词 | hurry-durry |
释义 | † hurry-durryn. rare. = hurry-burry n. ΚΠ 1732 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 389 Mrs. Clayton designs having her assembly..so we must prepare for hurry-durry; but as it will be the only agreeable crowd, I think it may be borne once a week. 1774 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. II. 41 Whilst we are enjoying sweet peace in this delightful place, the world is in a hurry-durry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † hurry-durryadj. Obsolete. A sailor's epithet applied to rough, boisterous, foul weather. Hence figurative in quot. 1676. ΚΠ 1672 State Papers, Domest. (P.R.O.) CCCXIV. No. 90 The wind was at east and blew hard and, as the seamen terme it, was thick hurry durry weather, which is wind and raine. 1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer i, in Dramatic Wks. (1840) 105/2 1 Sail. Nay, there's no more dealing with him, than with the land in a storm, no near — 2 Sail. 'Tis a hurry~durry blade. Dost thou remember..when I welcomed him ashore, he gave me a box on the ear, and called me fawning water-dog? 1693 R. Griffiths Let. to Sir J. Trenchard (P.R.O.) We have mett with very foule hurry-durry weather and much raine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † hurry-durryint. Obsolete. An exclamation of impatience or indignation. ΚΠ 1682 T. Otway Venice Preserv'd iii. 26 Hurry durry—good for nothing. 1682 T. Otway Venice Preserv'd iii. 27 I will not stir from the dore, that I resolve—hurry durry, what shut me out? 1682 A. Behn Roundheads iii How dost do, Nacky? hurry durry! I am come, little Nacky. 1682 A. Behn Roundheads iv. ii What my Nicky Nacky! Hurry Durry! Nicky Nacky in the Plot? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1732adj.1672int.1682 |
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