单词 | without encumbrance |
释义 | > as lemmaswithout encumbrance 3. A person dependent on another for support; esp. in phrase without encumbrance = ‘having no children’. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > dependant spear1539 dependerc1565 dependant1598 pensionnaire1604 feedera1616 reliant1665 encumbrance1742 to-fall1822 loaf-eater1844 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. ii. 182 I will have no more Incumbrances brought on us. View more context for this quotation 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 165. §4. 148 Left the younger sons encumbrances on the eldest. 1833 H. Martineau Three Ages iii. 109 The widow..may advertise herself as ‘without incumbrance’, to undertake any situation. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Nov. 10 Coachmen..rarely have children, or, as they say..incumbrances. < as lemmas |
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