单词 | nibful |
释义 | nibfuln. rare. As much (ink) as a nib can hold; (also figurative) a small amount of writing. ΚΠ 1930 V. Woolf Writer's Diary 29 Apr. (1953) 158 I have just finished, with this very nib-ful of ink, the last sentence of The Waves. 1997 Guardian (Nexis) 28 June 14 What I really wanted to do was send in a little piece by David Gray... Perhaps, even, a nibful of Cardus or a more recent carafe of Keating. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1930 |
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