单词 | preface-maker |
释义 | > as lemmaspreface-maker preface-maker n. ΚΠ 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 78 Dedicators and Preface-makers..Jurnalists, Mercurists. 1746 G. Logan Treat. Govt. 91 That which interested Mr Innes so much in this Matter, if he was the Preface-maker, was his great Concern..that [etc.]. 1896 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 263/1 Preface-makers say that Cervantes discovered how popular Sancho was, and, taking his cue accordingly, developed and expanded Sancho's wit and gifts of speech. 1938 W. B. Otis Surv.-hist. Eng. Lit. 333 Only Bernard Shaw, according to Bredvold, is a greater preface maker. < as lemmas |
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