请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 stoepsitter
释义

> as lemmas

stoepsitter
stoepsitter n. one who habitually sits idly on the stoep of his house.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer > in specific place
market beaterc1405
market dasher1440
market runner?c1475
benchera1533
bench-whistler1542
bench-babbler1549
Paul's man1616
Paul's-walker1658
benchwarmer1662
round-towner1775
wharf-rat1823
boulevardier1879
sidewalk superintendent1879
bar-loafer1889
stoepsitter1934
beach bum1962
1934 C. P. Swart Africanderisms (typescript) Stoepsitters,..a sluggard or lazy person; sometimes humorously applied by townsmen to farmers, who used to spend much of their time on the stoep, drinking their favourite beverage, coffee.
1948 O. Walker Kaffirs are Lively 92 They don't work. They're stoep-sitters, coffee-tipplers and pipe~spitters.
1972 Sunday Times 24 Sept. 19 Topical remarks, especially by the three ‘stoepsitters’, are made through the play.
extracted from stoepn.
<
as lemmas
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/1 14:59:53