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单词 universal aunt
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Universal Aunt
Universal Aunt n. a member of the ‘Universal Aunts’ domestic services agency (see Universal Aunts n.); chiefly in extended use.
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1921 Times 15 Oct. 13/5 The Universal Aunt is both a real person and a profession, and the Universal Aunts, as their organization is called, lay themselves out to perform all manner of aunt-like duties.
1930 M. Allingham Myst. Mile iii. 38 He's really a sort of ‘Universal Aunt’, isn't he? ‘Your adventures undertaken for a small fee.’
1997 Independent (Nexis) 11 June (Arts section) 6 He became a kind of Universal Aunt to Violet Hammersley, an elderly widow who disliked travelling alone.
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