| 单词 | runcible cat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasruncible cat A nonsense word originally used by Edward Lear in runcible cat, runcible hat, etc.Recorded earliest in runcible spoon n. at Compounds. ΚΠ 1870 E. Lear Owl & Pussy-cat in Our Young Folks Feb. 112 They dined on mince and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon. 1877 E. Lear Laughable Lyrics 24 He has gone to fish, for his Aunt Jobiska's Runcible Cat with crimson whiskers! 1888 E. Lear Nonsense Songs & Stories (ed. 6) 8 His body is perfectly spherical, He weareth a runcible hat. 1895 E. Lear Nonsense Songs & Stories (new ed.) 76 What a runcible goose you are! 1895 E. Lear Nonsense Songs & Stories (new ed.) 77 We shall presently all be dead, On this ancient runcible wall. 1913 Emporia (Kansas) Gaz. 11 Jan. Lear..was a dear, delicious, crotchety, runcible man, to use one of his own words. 1933 D. Thomas Let. 25 Dec. (1987) 83 A short, ambiguous person in a runcible hat, feeling very lost in a big and magic universe. 1978 J. Phillips & P. Phillips Victorians at Home & Away iii. 43 Edward Lear's marvellous, runcible Nonsense World. 2004 Times (Nexis) 1 July 9 Some of my table neighbours have slipped away for a naturist swim. The rest..will no doubt dance all night long in the light of the runcible moon. < as lemmas |
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