单词 | to swing the gate |
释义 | > as lemmasto swing the gate e. to swing the gate (see quot. 1933). Cf. drag v. 9b and swing-gate n. at swing- comb. form 2a. Australian and New Zealand slang. ΚΠ 1933 L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 16 Dec. 21/8 Swing the gate, to be the fastest shearer in the shed. 1941 S. J. Baker N.Z. Slang v. 39 From the New Zealand shearing sheds came those effective expressions to drag the chain and swing the gate, phrases applied to the slowest and the fastest shearer in a shed respectively. 1965 J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry ii. 12 A ringer is..said to ‘swing the gate’, presumably because he keeps the catching-pen gate swinging. < as lemmas |
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