英语词汇“the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker and variants: used to refer generally to people of various trades or businesses, considered collectively; (also in weakened use) anyone at all. [With allusion to the nursery rhyme cited in quot. 1797.]

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1797 J. Hook Christmas Box II. 5 Dub a dub dub, three Maids in a Tub..and who do you think was there, the Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick Maker,..and..all of them gone to the fair.]

1853 Putnam's Monthly Nov. 491/2 Here you are, speaking very little French,..cheated by butcher, baker, and candlestick-maker.

1923 Daily Mail 22 Nov. 4/4 In the matter of good transport there is no possible requirement which has not been met—the butcher, the baker and candlestick maker will find vehicles for their purposes.

1966 N.Y. Times 1 Mar. 74/6 The butcher, the baker, and the supermarket owner all must obtain city Health Department permits.

2002 P. B. Raabe Issues in Philos. Counseling i. 8 The butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker all have a way of influencing even the most abstract notions within the philosopher's supposedly solitary contemplations.

单词	the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker
释义	> as lemmas the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker and variants: used to refer generally to people of various trades or businesses, considered collectively; (also in weakened use) anyone at all. [With allusion to the nursery rhyme cited in quot. 1797.] ΚΠ 1797 J. Hook Christmas Box II. 5 Dub a dub dub, three Maids in a Tub..and who do you think was there, the Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick Maker,..and..all of them gone to the fair.] 1853 Putnam's Monthly Nov. 491/2 Here you are, speaking very little French,..cheated by butcher, baker, and candlestick-maker. 1923 Daily Mail 22 Nov. 4/4 In the matter of good transport there is no possible requirement which has not been met—the butcher, the baker and candlestick maker will find vehicles for their purposes. 1966 N.Y. Times 1 Mar. 74/6 The butcher, the baker, and the supermarket owner all must obtain city Health Department permits. 2002 P. B. Raabe Issues in Philos. Counseling i. 8 The butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker all have a way of influencing even the most abstract notions within the philosopher's supposedly solitary contemplations. extracted from butchern. < as lemmas
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