单词 | to nick off |
释义 | > as lemmasto nick off c. transitive. to nick off: = to hit off at hit v. 1b(b). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > take care about [verb (transitive)] > do accurately to nick offa1694 a1694 M. Robinson Autobiogr. (1856) 6 His father..did admire to see how the boy would nick off the very sense of difficult passages. 1839 W. M. Thackeray Second Lect. Fine Arts in Fraser's Mag. June 749/1 The chairs, tables, curtains, and pictures, are nicked off with extraordinary neatness and sharpness. 1856 W. M. Thackeray Christmas Bks. (1872) 25 He dockets his tailor's bills, and nicks off his dinner notes in diplomatic paragraphs. < as lemmas |
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