| 单词 | in the reign of queen dick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the reign of Queen Dick ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > never neverOE ne'erc1275 late?a1439 naya1547 Latter Lammas1559 when the devil is blind1645 on (at) the Greek Calendsa1649 Queen Dick1652 tomorrow come never1660 nowhena1767 on Tib's Eve1785 1652 Laughing Mercury No. 22. 175 Erasmus of Rotterdams' gib'd Catt, that kitten'd of an Irish Hobby-horse in the yeer 1654, in the reign of Queen Dick. 1667 R. L'Estrange tr. F. de Quevedo Visions ii. 57 Ye can't see a High-crown'd Hat, a Thred-bare Cloak..,nay not so much as a Reverend Matron well striken in years, but presently ye cry This or That's of the Mode or Date of Queen Dick. 1708 Oxf. & Cambr. Misc. Poems 171 And then from Queen Dick got a Patent On Charlton Green to set up a Tent. 1788 F. Grose Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) at Dick That happened in the reign of queen Dick, i.e., never; said of any absurd old story. 1837 Court Mag. 1 Mar. 110 There's a fussy old lady just come up to town With a red velvet bonnet and blue satin gown In the fashion I guess of the reign of queen Dick. 1864 Standard 13 Dec. 3/2 [He] replied, ‘Oh yes, in the reign of queen dick’, which, on inquiry we found to be synonymous with ‘Never’, or ‘Tib's eve’. < as lemmas |
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