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单词 short allowance
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short allowance
a. Of things: Not coming up to some standard of measure or amount; inadequate in quantity. short measure, short weight: defective quantity by measure or weight; also, a measuring rod, vessel, etc., or a scale-weight, which defrauds the purchaser. short commons: see commons n.; also figurative; so short allowance, short rations, etc. Also short change (change n. 5c). Cf. in short supply at supply n. Phrases 5.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > a measure > ample or deficient
short measure1390
the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > deficient or wanting > not coming up to an amount
short1390
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty > that falls short
short1390
half-strained1683
unheavenly1752
unsplendid1809
unparadised1829
off-colour1876
sketchy1878
shortcoming1889
not-quite1920
the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > a measure > deficient
short measure1789
slang1851
society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > small sum > as surplus (after payment) > insufficient
short change1874
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 59 It were a schort beyete To winne chaf and lese whete.
c1430 Freemasonry 192 Suche a mon, throȝe rechelaschepe, Myȝth do the craft schert worschepe.
1596 W. Raleigh Discoverie Guiana (new ed.) 47 We made but a short breakfast aboord the Galley in the morning.
c1610–15 Life St. Frideswide in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 80 Short and simple food.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 12 Some cottons here grow; but short in worth to those of Smyrna.
1662 J. Greenhalgh in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. IV. 282 Many short meals.
1668 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 72 We conceive the said certifycate to be short and expect that the same in that point be supplied.
1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xi. 242 The Law accepts no short payment.
1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 273 Report is seldom short on the Reflecting Part.
1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 3 We went to short Allowance of all Species.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xi. 257 Our water being now very short.
1753 Scots Mag. Feb. 98/1 The money..was short by 3d.
1757 W. Thompson Royal Navy-men's Advocate 48 Who receives the Benefit of Short Allowance-Money?
1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xi. §24 You have detected a baker in selling short weight.
1820 R. Southey Life Wesley I. 227 They had been long upon short allowance.
1831 Lincoln Herald 16 Dec. 2/2 There was a very short attendance.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. iv. 354 A Baker who has been seized with short weights.
1852 B. Disraeli in Hansard Commons 9 Feb. 303 I cannot, however, help congratulating Parliamentary reformers on the content with which they have accepted the repast provided for them; the voracity of their appetites seems to me satisfied with very short commons.
1871 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 301 An excellent method of securing a prisoner when cord is short.
1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 166 Fluff, railway ticket clerks' slang for short change given by them. The profits thus accruing are called ‘fluffings’, and the practice is known as ‘fluffing’.
1901 ‘L. Malet’ Hist. Richard Calmady vi. vii He's certain to take them home short money.
1908 U. Sinclair Metropolis 351 Three times in a single day in another of these great caravansaries, Montague was offered short change.
1928 E. Foy & A. F. Harlow Clowning through Life 81 Our Peanut and juice vendors were all short change artists.
1943 Sun (Baltimore) 7 Jan. 24/2 The State's lawmakers are going to be on ‘short commons’ and the employes are going to be comparatively flush.
1970 Observer 13 Sept. 38/5 It's shortcommons for tourists unless they're white.
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