单词 | to play the piano |
释义 | > as lemmasto play the piano d. transitive. slang (New Zealand and Australian). to play the piano: to run one's fingers over a sheep's back when shearing (see quot. 1933). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > shear sheep [verb (intransitive)] > manner or technique to open up1886 to play the piano1933 slum1965 1933 L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 18 Nov. 15/7 Play the piano, to run the fingers over the sheeps' backs in order to find the softest and easiest to shear. 1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) iii. 55 An old hand at shearing can spot such a defect in a moment by what is known as playing the piano. < as lemmas |
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