| 单词 | to bowl to death |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bowl (one) to death b. transitive. to bowl (one) to death (cf. quot. 1621 at sense 1a), to bowl out of his money, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by blow(s) to beat (also stone, slay, etc.) to deathOE to swap to (the) death, of livea1375 to ding to deathc1380 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)?1562 settle?1611 to bowl (one) to deatha1616 tomahawk1711 stocking1762 out1899 to knock out1903 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > play bowls [verb (transitive)] > do out of by bowling to bowl out of his money1817 a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iv. 87 I had rather be set quick i'th earth, And bowl'd to death with Turnips. View more context for this quotation 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. iii. 63 Bowled you out of it at Marybone. < as lemmas |
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