单词 | prison garment |
释义 | > as lemmasprison garment prison garment n. ΚΠ 1560 Bible (Geneva) Jer. lii. 33 Euil-merodach..broght him out of prison,..And changed his prison garments [ Coverdale clothes of his preson]. 1629 F. Hubert Egypts Favorite sig. F8 The Prison garment to a Robe of Price, The groanes of wretched Soules to cheerefull tunes. 1728 W. Reading Fifty Two Serm. I. xi. 134 He had trimmed himself, and changed his prison garments: and being naturally a very comely man, he appeared to great advantage. 1875 A. Trollope Prime Minister (1876) I. xi. 176 It is easy for most of us to keep our hands from picking and stealing when picking and stealing plainly lead to prison diet and prison garments. 1995 New Internationalist Mag. (BNC) He wore the soft, white, flowing robes of a monk..as though it were a prison garment. < as lemmas |
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