| 单词 | orderly box |
| 释义 | > as lemmasorderly box 5. Formerly: relating to or designating a system of keeping the streets clean by continual sweeping and removal of dirt; (hence) designating a receptacle for the reception of refuse under such a system, as orderly-bin, orderly box. Now rare.See also sense B. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning streets > [adjective] > relating to system of cleaning streets orderly1851 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > receptacle for refuse > in street orderly-bin1894 orderly box1904 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 259/2 The streets of Windsor..are now in the course of being cleansed upon the orderly plan. 1890 Harper's Mag. June 100/1 Street orderly bins for the collection of horse and other refuse are kept in all the streets paved with wood or granite. 1894 Daily News 24 Jan. 5/3 The street orderly bins are still occasionally taken for letter boxes. 1904 Daily Chron. 18 Mar. 6/3 They had..been seen tearing up documents and throwing them into orderly boxes. < as lemmas |
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