| 单词 | leaving-off time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleaving-off time leaving-off time n. the regular time of stopping work for part or all of the day. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > stopping work > stopping time upwark15.. leaving-off time1834 quitting time1835 knocking-off1883 shutting-up time1889 knock-off time1899 thirty1929 1834 Agric. & Industr. Mag. 1 Oct. 153/2 At ‘leaving off time,’—take your stand by a large ‘gin shop’..and see the poor overworked, forlorn, emaciated ‘Factory girl’ of nine years old. 1886 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener & Home Farmer 25 Mar. 226/1 Be ready to act upon the temperature upon any change in the weather between leaving off time and the final banking up at ten o'clock. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 26 Aug. 10/2 It is the usual practice at leaving-off time on Saturdays for the workmen..to cease work at once. 2012 D. Mendoza Fate & Fatalities iv. xxii. 157 Neither did the meetings cease at dinner or leaving off time. < as lemmas |
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