单词 | tail barley |
释义 | > as lemmastail barley b. Forming the lowest or most inferior quality, as tail barley, tail corn, tail flour, tail meal, tail wheat. ΚΠ 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 lxiii. 282 For tail barley..0l. 14s. 3d. 1851 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 12 i. 133 The light or tail corn goes a considerable length in feeding the horses upon a farm. 1887 O. Crawfurd Beyond Seas 35 The enemy's army but riff-raff and tail-corn fellows. < as lemmas |
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