单词 | mess fund |
释义 | > as lemmasmess fund mess fund n. ΚΠ 1811 Royal Mil. Chron. Mar. 387 Each officer, upon being appointed, should pay..an half-yearly subscription (somewhat similar to a mess fund). 1831 Casket Sept. 395/1 A sense of guilt, as also..fears respecting the embezzlement of the Mess Funds caused his confession. 1970 V. Canning Great Affair xii. 216 Ex-pilot officer Robinson, cashiered for fiddling the mess funds. 2001 J. D. Wright Lang. Civil War 190/2 They often collected a mess fund to supplement rations. < as lemmas |
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