单词 | thought-sprinkler |
释义 | > as lemmasthought-sprinkler thought-sprinkler n. rare. ΚΠ 1857 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table in Atlantic Monthly Dec. 175/2 What would be the state of the highways of life, if we did not drive our thought-sprinklers through them with the valves open, sometimes? 1997 Herald (Rock Hill, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 16 Oct. 1 c The club's ‘thought sprinklers’ motto, as well as its name, were inspired by Oliver Wendell Holmes' book ‘Over the Teacups’. < as lemmas |
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