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单词 inkle-weaver
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inkle-weaver
inkle-weaver n. a weaver of inkle or linen tape; whence the phrase as great (or thick) as inkle-weavers, extremely intimate (see quot. 1788).
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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar > very intimate
hand and glove1654
hand in glove1737
as great (or thick) as inkle-weavers1738
as thick as glue, as inkle-weavers, as peas in a shell, as (two) thieves1833
like that1925
1688 T. Brown Reasons Mr. Bays 16 The Inkle-weavers,..the dealers in Ribbons.
1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 105 She and you were as great as two Inkle-weavers.
1788 W. Cowper Let. 6 May (1982) III. 156 When people are intimate, we say—They are as great as two Inkle-weavers..Inkle weavers contract intimacies with each other sooner than other people, on account of their juxtaposition in weaving of Inkle [the inkle-looms being so narrow and close together].
1874 Mrs. H. Wood Master of Greylands (new ed.) xxxiii. 389 My relatives..and the Greylands' Rest people used to be as thick as inkle-weavers.
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