单词 | scran bag |
释义 | > as lemmasscran bag scran bag n. (a) a cadger's receptacle for broken victuals; (b) a soldier's haversack; (c) a receptacle for impounded articles negligently left lying about the deck by sailors. ΚΠ 1855 J. D. Burn Autobiogr. Beggar Boy i. 17 Your professional pickpocket looks down with contempt upon a knight of the scranbag. 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 222 Scran-bag, a soldier's haversack. 1898 Tit-bits 26 Mar. 493/3 The ‘scran~bag’ as the sailors term it, is the receptacle for all loose articles of clothing, &c., which are left about the ship by the men. 1903 L. Yexley in G. T. Wilson Log of H.M.S. Phaeton p. i The Scran Bag. < as lemmas |
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