| 单词 | pit people |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspit people pit people n. †(a) the members of the audience in a theatre pit (obsolete); (b) people who work in a mine or pit. ΚΠ 1758 W. Shirley Brief Remarks Orig. & Present State Drama 39 The Pit People complain sadly of the Closeness of theirs [sc. rows of seats]. 1760 G. A. Stevens Hist. Tom Fool I. 197 This affronted the Pit People, and they began to pelt the military Folks. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 272 Amongst the northern pit-people. 1992 Washington Post (Nexis) 16 Feb. d14 There are dozens of pitpeople around town, of course, including her boyfriend,..a mastman. < as lemmas |
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