| 单词 | post-and-rails |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspost-and-rails 2. Usually post-and-rails. Australian slang. extracted from post and railn. a. = post-and-rail tea n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea > [noun] > rough tea post-and-rail tea1843 post-and-rails1858 1858 ‘A. Pendragon’ Queen of South 19 ‘Good tea this,’ asserted Jack... ‘Rather full of stems,’ ventured Frank, dubiously. ‘Stems be hanged,’ replied Jack; ‘you should have tried the “posts and rails” at Currumbumbula.’ 1899 W. T. Goodge Hits! Skits! & Jingles! 75 There is ‘post and rails’ and ‘brownie’ For yer breakfast now, yer know. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 12 Sept. 9/2 A ‘bark hut or log cabin will be erected’ so that royalty may not get sunstroke while sipping his ‘post-and-rail’. 1976 C. D. Mills Hobble Chains & Greenhide 105 Give us another mug of that ‘post and rail’ and don't be so damn curious. b. A wooden match. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > match, spill, or taper for lighting > specifically ignited by friction allumette1601 fire cane1644 paper match1780 Strasbourg match1825 match1830 lucifer match1831 fusee1832 loco-foco1835 oxymuriatic match1835 Congreve1839 Vesta1839 friction-match1847 safety match1850 German Congreve1851 Vesuvian1853 star1862 safety1876 tandstickor1884 post-and-railsa1890 book match1899 Swan Vesta1908 a1890 D. Sladen in A. Barrère & C. J. Leland Dict. Slang (1890) II. 147/1 ‘Have you got a match?’ ‘Only a post-and-rails,’ was the deprecating reply. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 56 Post-and-rails,... (2) Wooden matches. c. [Rhyming slang for fairy tale n.] A lie. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie liec900 leasingc1000 falsehoodc1290 falsedom1297 gabbinga1300 fablec1300 follyc1300 fittenc1440 untruthc1449 crackc1450 fallacy1481 falsity1557 falsedict1579 untroth1581 crackera1625 flam1632 mendacity1646 fairy story1692 false1786 whid1794 gag1805 wrinkle1819 reacher1828 cram1842 untruism1845 crammer1861 inveracity1864 bung1882 fairy tale1896 mistruth1897 post-and-rails1945 pork pie1973 porky1985 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. xv. 271 Post-and-rail, a lie (by rhyme on ‘fairytale’). < as lemmas |
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