单词 | squeegee band |
释义 | > as lemmassqueegee band squeegee band n. Nautical colloquial an improvised band (see quots.). Cf. washboard n. 3c. ΚΠ 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin x. 176 Before very long the ‘squeegee band’, composed of two drums, a dozen fifes, many mouth-organs, and an unholy number of mess kettles and other noisy utensils, was marching round the deck. 1979 A. C. Hampshire Just Old Navy Custom 225 Squeegee band, composed of instruments not usually found in a band, e.g. Jew's harp; mouth-organ; comb and paper, etc. < as lemmas |
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