单词 | lose-office |
释义 | > as lemmaslose-office Combinations, with sense ‘one who or something which loses…’, as †lose-all, †lose-office; so † lose-time adj. Obsolete time-wasting. ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > [adjective] > wasting time lose-time1603 time-wasting1626 foozling1857 slowdown1958 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxv. 78 Jugling tricks, or other idle loose-time sports. 1623 J. Penkethman tr. Cato Handful of Honesty iv. xlii More loue to purchase, each good turne requite, Lest a Loose-office thou be termed right. 1650 W. Brough Sacred Princ. 165 The third [Heire] is commonly a Lose-all. < as lemmas |
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