单词 | to coup the creels |
释义 | > as lemmasto coup the creels 3. to coup the creels: in various figurative uses; to fall or tumble over; ‘to tumble heels over head, to die’ (Jamieson); to meet with a mishap. in a creel: in a state of temporary mental aberration. ΚΠ 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 20 When he was Strute, twa sturdy Chiels..Held up frae cowping o' the Creels The liquid Logick Schollar. 1786 R. Burns Poems 209 My senses wad be in a creel, Should I but dare a hope to speel, Wi' Allan, or wi' Gilbertfield. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 137 ‘The laddie's in a creel!’ exclaimed his uncle. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. vii. 150 If folk..wad needs be couping the creels ower through-stanes. a1835 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches III. 206 If you should..coup the creels just now..it would be out of the power of man to get you to a Christian burial. 1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold I. xvii. 257 ‘The lassie's head's in a creel,’ cried Susan. < as lemmas |
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