单词 | in an afternoon |
释义 | > as lemmasin an afternoon P3. of an afternoon: in the afternoon, during an afternoon; esp. habitually in the afternoon, every afternoon. Also (now rare) in an afternoon. ΚΠ 1595 A. Copley Wits Fittes & Fancies iii. 81 A Gent. was a suter to a faire Gentlewoman, and comming in an afternoone to court her, he found her then at cards with an other Gent. whome he had in jealosie of a corriuall. 1684 T. Otway Atheist 23 What will it do, Jackie-boy? Serve, may be, to play at Tick-tack in an Afternoon, three Hits up for a Piece, or so. 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. at Of If you come of an Afternoon. 1760 J. C. Pilkington Real Story 196 When I came home of an afternoon, if there was no company, he took care to have tea and coffee. 1791 J. Adams Elegant Tales, Hist., & Epist. 394 I'll go myself, though I am not fond of going in an afternoon, as half the pews are filled with servants. 1834 Brit. Mag. & Monthly Reg. Feb. 174 They all communicate at the church, and attend there in an afternoon, but not in a morning, when the service interferes with that of the meeting-house. 1882 Harper's Mag. July 222/2 Dwellers in modern Cordova attend mass and vespers, stroll around to the confectioners' of an afternoon to eat sweetmeats. 1934 Manch. Guardian 24 Mar. 11/7 He who goes there in an afternoon is soon surrounded by a faint but unmistakable impression that the real anxiety of the authorities is to get him out again. 1948 ‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair xiii. 138 One result of stepping out of a routined life was..that you couldn't..stroll home at four o'clock of an afternoon. 2003 J. Spencer Pilots 240 We takes pride in our garden, luv. Nice place to sit and chat of an afternoon. < as lemmas |
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