| 单词 | saddling paddock |
| 释义 | > as lemmassaddling paddock saddling paddock n. (a) a paddock in which horses are prepared for a race; (b) Australian slang (a nickname for) a bar in the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, frequented by prostitutes in the 19th cent.; (hence) any place of assignation likened to this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > paddock saddling paddock1838 paddock1839 birdcage1865 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel > rendezvous for prostitutes or homosexuals saddling paddock1876 meat market1896 meat rack1958 1838 Times 3 July 1 Horses for the stakes to be named..at the Hippodrome saddling paddock. 1876 Argus (Melbourne) 1 July 4/5 The existence of the ‘saddling paddocks’ is a scandal established with a forethought for the courtesan's benefit which is an eternal disgrace to their promoters. 1876 Argus (Melbourne) 1 July 4/4 The stranger sees that the women, possibly picking up a male companion, all enter the apartment which was previously closed, and which is now guarded by swing doors. Curiosity will doubtless prompt him to enter, and he will find himself in the far-famed ‘saddling paddock’ of the Royal. 1890 Daily News 11 Sept. 3/4 No horse could possibly have looked better..in the saddling paddock. 1958 G. Casey Snowball iii. 29 The ribald, popular name of the enclosure round the Government Dam was ‘the saddling paddock’. 1969 Sun (Melbourne) 12 July (Turf Guide) 4/2 The AJC new grandstand in the saddling paddock at Randwick will be open on August 4. 2007 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 15 May 71 I don't give a damn, if Wayne Lukas leads a donkey over to the saddling paddock on Saturday. < as lemmas |
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