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单词 plenty is no dainty
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plenty is no dainty
P1. Proverb. plenty is no dainty and variants: an abundance of things makes one disdainful of them. Obsolete.
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c1300 St. Michael (Laud) 266 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 307 (MED) Plente is no deinte, ase we al day i-seot.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 184 (MED) Experience wole weel schewe that plente is no deinte.
1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. A.iiv Plenty is no denty, as the comen sayenge is.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. iv. sig. Giiiv Plentie is no deyntie.
1749 B. Franklin Poor Richard Improved sig. B2v Too much plenty makes Mouth dainty.
1770 L. Chambaud Idioms French & Eng. Langs. (new ed.) 176 Les Anglois disent encore, Plenty makes dainty, and Plenty is no dainty.
extracted from plentyn.adj.adv.
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