| 单词 | to walk a crack |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto walk a (or the) crack c. spec. An opening between floorboards or in a floor; esp. in to walk a (or the) crack; also figurative. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > go in a straight course [verb (intransitive)] > along joint between floorboards to walk a (or the) crack1825 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > floor > [noun] > opening between floorboards crack1825 seam1844 1825 J. K. Paulding John Bull in Amer. vii. 81 When I had qualified myself by being able to walk a crack after swallowing half a gallon of whiskey. 1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks xxxvii. 483 Your minister sartin doos slant a leetle towards th' Arminians; he don't quite walk the crack. 1875 H. B. Stowe We & our Neighbors ix. 100 They don't come it round Jim. Any boy that don't toe the crack gets it. 1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People ix. 101 ‘I bet you Reason can't walk a crack now,’ he said. 1902 W. N. Harben Abner Daniel 73 He could walk a crack with a gallon sloshin' about in 'im. < as lemmas |
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