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单词 biscuit cast
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biscuit cast
biscuit cast n. (also biscuit's cast) Nautical slang Obsolete the distance that a ship's biscuit can be thrown; a short distance; cf. biscuit throw n., stone's throw n.
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stone-casta1387
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tinec1420
weec1420
field-breadth1535
field-broad1535
pair of butts1545
straw-breadth1577
stone's throw1581
way-bit?1589
space1609
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spirt1670
a spit and a stride1676
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rope's length1777
biscuit throw1796
a whoop and a holler1815
biscuit toss1836
biscuit cast1843
stone-shot1847
pieceway1886
stone-put1896
pitch-and-putt1925
pieceways1932
1843 J. E. Bingham Narr. Exped. to China (ed. 2) II. vi. 315 This man was in the habit of grooming a pony belonging to his captain, kept..within a biscuit's cast of the ship.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xlix. 461 A second [iceberg] had approached within short biscuit-cast.
1909 A. Pratt in Short Stories (N.Y.) May 14 The Saigon, currishly obedient to the Russian's signals, followed suit, bringing up within a biscuit cast of her consort and captor.
extracted from biscuitn.adj.
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