英语词汇“to box harry”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. English regional (northern and midlands) (originally slang). to box Harry: to go without something, esp. a meal; to go without food, or have a small or meagre meal, in order to save money. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > supply with food [verb (intransitive)] > have little or no food

to dine with Duke Humphrey1594

to box Harry1802

1802 A. Vivian Let. 23 Mar. in F. Trevithick Life Richard Trevithick (1872) I. vii. 116 I arrived in town yesterday about three o'clock. I boxed Harry (that is, I went without dinner) that no time might be lost.

1862 G. Borrow Wild Wales II. i. 3 Having made arrangements for ‘boxing Harry’ I went into the tap room.

1902 Notes & Queries 7 June 450/1 An old woman..was telling me that she had only by her a very poor supply of seed [potatoes], and finished up by ejaculating, ‘Never mind, I must box Harry...’ When questioned..she said..she must needs do without.

1913 A. Conan Doyle in Pall Mall Mag. Sept. 352/2 Having eaten the cold leg of pork..and having drunk both the tea and the beer, I told the company that such a meal had been called ‘to box Harry’ by the master, who had observed it to be in great favour with commercial gentlemen out of Liverpool.

1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 23 Box-harry, to draw the horns in and spend very little after being too extravagant for a while, in order to catch up with yourself and your finances again.

单词	to box harry
释义	> as lemmas to box Harry P3. English regional (northern and midlands) (originally slang). to box Harry: to go without something, esp. a meal; to go without food, or have a small or meagre meal, in order to save money. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > supply with food [verb (intransitive)] > have little or no food to dine with Duke Humphrey1594 to box Harry1802 1802 A. Vivian Let. 23 Mar. in F. Trevithick Life Richard Trevithick (1872) I. vii. 116 I arrived in town yesterday about three o'clock. I boxed Harry (that is, I went without dinner) that no time might be lost. 1862 G. Borrow Wild Wales II. i. 3 Having made arrangements for ‘boxing Harry’ I went into the tap room. 1902 Notes & Queries 7 June 450/1 An old woman..was telling me that she had only by her a very poor supply of seed [potatoes], and finished up by ejaculating, ‘Never mind, I must box Harry...’ When questioned..she said..she must needs do without. 1913 A. Conan Doyle in Pall Mall Mag. Sept. 352/2 Having eaten the cold leg of pork..and having drunk both the tea and the beer, I told the company that such a meal had been called ‘to box Harry’ by the master, who had observed it to be in great favour with commercial gentlemen out of Liverpool. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 23 Box-harry, to draw the horns in and spend very little after being too extravagant for a while, in order to catch up with yourself and your finances again. extracted from boxv.¹ < as lemmas
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