| 单词 | liberty hall |
| 释义 | > as lemmasliberty hall liberty hall n. a (notional) place where one may do as one likes.Perhaps originally alluding to the patriotic song Liberty-hall (c1770), the last line of which runs ‘For Liberty-Hall is an Englishman's heart’. ΚΠ 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer ii. 23 This is Liberty-hall, gentlemen. You may do just as you please. 1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions I. 93 The instant his back was turned..the whole house became Liberty-hall. 1870 W. Collins Man & Wife III. lvi. 209 What will you do, while the women are getting your bed ready? Liberty Hall here... You do what you like. 1900 Leeds Mercury 17 Dec. 4/4 The Commons are more formal and fastidious than the Peers. The Gilded Chamber is Liberty Hall compared with that in which the elected representatives of the people..wear out their lives. 1995 Countryman Spring 68 Losehill Hall is liberty hall and you can follow your own devices whenever you wish. < as lemmas |
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