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单词 pickstraw
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pickstraw
pickstraw n. [compare straw n.1 7] Obsolete a trifler.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious
pickstraw1580
Jack with the feather1581
fiddler1591
fribble1610
trifler1612
fribbler1712
toyer1814
frivolist1884
namby-pamby1885
frivoller1889
footler1891
frivol1959
1384–5 in 5th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1876) App. 511 in Parl. Papers (C. 1432) XL. 1 Pikestrawe [as a surname or nickname].]
1580 G. Harvey Let. to Spenser in Wks. (1884) I. 72 I know what peace and quietnes hath done with some melancholy pickstrawes in the world.
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