| 单词 | beetle-crusher |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbeetle-crusher beetle-crusher n. a boot or foot, esp. a big one; an infantry soldier (Farmer Slang). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun] > types of nine1599 lily1841 beetle-crusher1860 beetle-squasher1860 spaug1910 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > large seven-league boots1707 seven-leagued boots1747 churn-boot1833 beetle-crusher1860 Conestoga1892 1860 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang (ed. 2) Beetle-crushers, or squashers, large flat feet. 1869 ‘W. Bradwood’ The O.V.H. xxi The infliction which the beetle-crusher of a recent arrival had just inflicted on his pet corn. 1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose xxxv What howible boots! Whoever could have had the atwocity to fwame such beetle-cwushers? 1897 Punch 30 Oct. 195/1 If you need a meal, you can boil your beetle-crushers. 1958 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death against Clock 155 He looked down..at his own enormous beetle-crushers in bright tan Oxfords. < as lemmas |
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