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单词 pap-boat
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pap-boatn.

Brit. /ˈpapbəʊt/, U.S. /ˈpæpˌboʊt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pap n.2, boat n.1
Etymology: < pap n.2 + boat n.1
1. A boat-shaped container for holding liquid or semi-liquid food, typically having a tapering lip or spout from which an infant may be fed. Now chiefly historical.
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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > other types of dish
spice-plate1391
pie plate1573
maple dish1637
cheese platea1665
supper dish1664
copperplate1665
reaming dish1712
paper plate1723
pickle leaf1762
pap-boat1782
supper1787
vegetable dish1799
well-dish1814
ice plate1820
pudding plate1838
tea plate1862
picnic plate1885
strawberry dish1941
1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. vi. x. 343 I have a vast inclination to get a pap-boat myself, and make him a present of it.
1854 W. M. Thackeray Rose & Ring iii [She] merely sent her compliments and a silver papboat for the baby.
1902 S. J. Weyman In Kings' Byways 186 Go to your nurse and your pap-boat, child.
1956 P. O'Brian Golden Ocean vii. 120 Ransome..fed the expectant mother with a pap-boat.
1991 Treasure Hunting Oct. (BNC) 30 Many silver pap boats were converted into cream boats by adding a handle and feet.
2. A shell of a marine gastropod of the family Turbinellidae, used on the Malabar Coast to hold anointing oil. Obsolete.
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1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. i. 372/1 Pap-boat,..2. Turbinella rapha. It is used on the Malabar coast..to contain the sacred oil which is employed in anointing the priests.
1891 Cent. Dict. 6533/2 Turbinellidæ,..the so-called false volutes, turnip-shells, or pap-boats.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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