单词 | tumbril driver |
释义 | > as lemmastumbril driver C1. General use in various types of compound, as in tumbril driver, tumbril wheel, etc. ΚΠ 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VI. 609 (note) The axle turned round with the tumbril wheels. 1821 in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (1877) (at cited word) 12 tumprill posts at 1s. 3d. 1829 Berks. Chron. 7 Nov. Then came the old tumbril-shaped city machine, With a lord-mayor so fat that he made the coach lean. 1901 B. E. Stevenson Soldier of Virginia xix. 237 We finally rigged up a sort of litter out of a portion of the tumbrel top. 1986 D. R. Jones Great Directors at Work iv. 239 Then the scene exploded with the tumbrel driver's song. 2019 D. Willis Killing Times iv. 138 The daily rattle of the tumbril wheels on cobblestones. < as lemmas |
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