| 单词 | snow-dropping |
| 释义 | > as lemmassnow-dropping snow-dropping adj. ΚΠ 1838 J. Pardoe River & Desart II. 44 The majestic tamarind tree overshadowed the snow-dropping acacia. snow-dropping snow-dropping n. Cant (see quots.); also as gerund. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > linen from line or hedge snow-dropping1839 1839 H. Brandon Dict. Flash or Cant Lang. in W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 165/2 Snow-dropping, stealing linen off a hedge. 1882 Sydney Slang Dict. 9/2 Dick's a broker and has gone out snow-dropping. 1930 Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Mar. 23/2 Cattle-duffing is as far removed from sheep-stealing as expert forgery is from snow-dropping among suburban clotheslines. 1967 Telegraph (Brisbane) 1 Mar. 26/4 Patfield had set out last November to steal sheets, but in the most systematic manner of ‘snow dropping’ (clothes~line thefts) he had stolen everything he could find. 1972 Observer 31 Dec. 3/4 He couldn't resist the temptation to go ‘snow dropping’ (stealing clothes from lines). < as lemmas |
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