单词 | tippet-grebe |
释义 | > as lemmastippet-grebe tippet-grebe n. a species of grebe, of which the skin, with the feathers on, is used for tippets. ΚΠ 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) II. ii. 496 Tippet Grebe... The under side of them being drest with the feathers on, are made into muffs and tippets; each bird sells for about fourteen shillings. 1829 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 352 I knocked down a tippet grebe. < as lemmas |
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