| 单词 | sky west and crooked |
| 释义 | > as lemmassky west (also ways, wise) and crooked P5. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S. regional, esp. southern, south Midland, and western) sky west (also ways, wise) and crooked and variants: in every direction; askew. [The first element probably represents an alteration of skew-ways adv. and adj. at skew adj. and adv. Additions.] ΚΠ 1873 Republican Banner (Nashville, Tennessee) 23 Apr. 2/2 Colonel Killem..made a third line ‘all advancing together from the north, south east, west’ sky-west and crooked, knowing no north. 1878 New Orleans Daily Democrat 11 June 1/4 We predict enough steam will be generated..to blow the lottery sky west and crooked. 1886 Life & Adventures Roderick Douglas xii. 119 We got ketched in a hurricane; and the old tub began ter go to pieces. We just drifted round skyways and crooked. 1905 A. McAlilly Hilda Lane's Adoptions viii. 88 Old Early's boys slipped up on you fellows..and sent you flying sky west and crooked before you knew what ailed you. 1957 Odessa (Texas) Amer. 30 Jan. 13/2 Before the last roll of the 16-pound ball 1,200,000 pins will be knocked sky-ways and crooked. 2009 Burkburnett (Texas) Informer Star 30 Apr. 4/6 Remembering that Mort's ‘fact-finding’ and recall typically are ‘all sky west and crooked’, I considered interrupting. < as lemmas |
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