| 单词 | rubber chicken |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrubber chicken rubber chicken n. slang (chiefly North American) attributive, designating or relating to a speaking event (esp. for political or fund-raising purposes) at which poorly cooked food is typically served; esp. in rubber chicken circuit. ΚΠ 1941 Daily Messenger (N.Y.) 16 Dec. 11/2 Popular story on the rubber chicken circuit tells how Bernie Bierman discovered one night that the hotel where his athletes were staying was on fire. 1959 Maclean's 23 May 1/1 Next year's rubber-chicken circuit is being sewed up by three Toronto women with a public-speaking agency called Canadian Celebrity Bureau. 1979 N.Y. Mag. 3 Dec. 44/2 Most of these things are just routine, rubber-chicken events. 1992 Spy (N.Y.) Oct. 50/2 The Moose Lodge meetings, the tedious constituents, the endless rubber-chicken dinners. 2004 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 7 Nov. (Seven Days section) 11/4 She intended to re-acquaint herself with the rubber chicken circuit, visiting Labour Party branches around the country. < as lemmas |
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