| 单词 | topping and tailing |
| 释义 | > as lemmastopping and tailing P1. topping and tailing: the action or practice of topping and tailing something (top v.1 Phrases 1), now esp. of washing the face and bottom of a baby or small child.Not common in North American usage. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > washing a baby's face and bottom topping and tailing1931 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 58 Topping and Tailing is the clearing both ends of the hemp with the hatchell. 1879 Subject-matter Index Patents 1877 138/2 Turnip topping and tailing machines. 1931 P. W. Yeomans Happy Motherhood vii. 69 A..recommendation of the evening tub comes when the baby crawls and gets really grubby. Topping-and-tailing is not then sufficient. 1941 U. Orange Tom Tiddler's Ground xi. 205 The next hour was a busy one, what with Norman's ‘topping and tailing’, Norman's bottle and Marguerite's bath. 2002 P. Tassoni Certif. in Child Care & Educ. (ed. 3) 266 The idea of topping and tailing is to keep babies clean and fresh either instead of or between baths. < as lemmas |
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