| 单词 | mess traps |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmess traps mess traps n. (cf. traps n.). ΚΠ 1858 Instr. Exercise & Service Great Guns 92 On beating to quarters, all mess gear and mess traps, including those of officers,..should be passed below. 1861 All Year Round 2 Mar. 486/2 Seamen would like their mess traps to belong to the ship, and only be charged to the mess when lost or thrown overboard. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Mess-traps, the kids, crockery, bowls, spoons, and other articles of mess service. 1943 ‘C. S. Forester’ Ship 12 ‘I want those mess traps brought back,’ said the Paymaster Commander sharply, ‘don't leave them sculling about on the decks.’ 1953 C. Causley Survivor's Leave 26 I haven't seen paw since a Sunday In eighteen seventy-three When he packed his snap in a bitty mess-trap And said he'd be home by tea. < as lemmas |
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