| 单词 | to use fives |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto use (one's) fives b. The five fingers; also, bunch of fives: the fist (clenched), gen. the hand; to use (one's) fives: to fight with (one's) fists. a fives (slang): a street fight (Farmer). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > fist fista900 nievec1300 gripea1555 fistock1567 neufe1602 mauler1820 mallet1821 fives1825 duke1874 knobblies1898 1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 290 With their bunch of fives. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 8 Smart chap that cabman—handled his fives well. 1847 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia (ed. 2) ii. vii Is this a h-arm, and this a bunch of fives? 1863 C. Reade Hard Cash xxxiv Now look at that bunch of fives. 1883 G. A. Sala in Illustr. London News 27 Jan. 87/2 Glovers' ‘bunches of fives’. 1895 Cornhill Mag. July 23 He did not find the bouquet of Tim Kelly's bunch-of-fives an agreeable perfume. < as lemmas |
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