| 单词 | parlour boarder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparlour boarder parlour boarder n. now historical a boarding-school pupil who lives with the family of the principal and has other privileges not shared by the ordinary boarders. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > boarder boarder1530 parlour boarder1768 weekly boarder1800 resident1843 ressie1982 1768 J. Frere Let. 1 Apr. in John Norton & Sons (1968) 44 Your Cousin Baylor..is with Mr. Chalmers as a Parlour Boarder;..we all thought an Academy much the properest place for him. 1777 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain I. ii. 12 The Prieure of this convent..had received, as parlour boarders, some English ladies of very suspicious characters. 1812 Theatr. Inquisitor 1 211 I am a parlour boarder at Mrs. Twizzle's school. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xx. 176 Surely it must be Miss Swartz, the parlour boarder. 1997 Manawatu Evening Standard 3 May 9 Harriet Smith, a pretty, docile, innocent 17-year-old, a parlour boarder in the neighbouring village. < as lemmas |
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