| 单词 | to come mumbudgeting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come mumbudgeting intransitive. Perhaps: to fuss; to bustle. Chiefly in to come mumbudgeting. Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. interprets the phrase as meaning ‘to come clandestinely, secretly’: cf. also quot. 1909. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > be brisk or active > bustle buskle1545 bustle1548 buffle1610 buzz1638 fettle1745 fluster1808 spufflea1825 fly (a)round1833 scrimmage1833 to come mumbudgeting1872 whew1873 spry1885 1872 T. Hardy Under Greenwood Tree I. ii. ii. 143 There was this to be said for him, that you were quite sure he'd never come mumbudgeting to see ye, just as you were in the middle of your work, and put you out with his anxious trouble about you. 1872 T. Hardy Under Greenwood Tree II. iv. ii. 110 Now, don't come mumbudgeting so close again. 1909 Daily Chron. 30 Apr. 6/5 In Mr. Hardy's ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’..mumbudgeting..seems to mean rather ‘fussily’, a sense in which the word budget is still used in the Midlands. 1939 N. Marsh Overture to Death xiii. 139 Whatever be the matter with you, then, mum-budgeting so close to my apron strings? < as lemmas |
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