单词 | leather medal |
释义 | > as lemmasleather medal leather medal n. originally U.S. a medal made of leather instead of metal, sarcastically suggested as an award. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > award for merit > decoration > medal > worthless leather medal1831 putty medal1893 1831 J. Motte in A. H. Cole Charleston goes to Harvard (1940) 89 He must be a cute chap, and deserves to have a leather medal. 1838 Harvardiana Jan. 147 A leather medal his reward should be, A leather medal and an LL.D. 1860 Richmond (Va.) Enquirer 20 Apr. 2/5 The individual who conceived the leather medal idea [for identifying dogs] deserves a leather medal himself. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xviii. [Penelope] 716 He ought to get a leather medal with a putty rim for all the plans he invents. < as lemmas |
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