| 单词 | to cast one's garter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cast one's garter 7. Phrases. to cast one's garter: (Scottish) to secure a husband; in the catching up of a garter: in a moment; to fly the garter: see fly-the-garter n.; to have one's guts for garters: see gut n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adverb] > instantaneously or with a short space of time swiftlya1400 at one fling1556 at one (a) chop1581 per saltum1602 at one (fell, etc.) swoop1612 popa1625 instantaneously1644 in the catching up of a garter1697 in the drawing of a trigger1706 in a handclap1744 at a slap1753 momentaneously1753 in a whiff1800 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 bolt1839 at a single jeta1856 overnight1912 jiffy-quick1927 in two ups1934 1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse iv. 67 I'll do your Honour's business in the catching up of a Garter. 1869 C. Gibbon Robin Gray xi ‘Ye micht hae cast your gartens a hantle waur, guidwife.’ < as lemmas |
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