| 单词 | woods colt |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswoods colt woods colt n. U.S. colloquial a horse of unknown paternity; also, a foundling; an illegitimate child. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > foundling found child (brat, etc.)eOE foundlinga1300 strodlingc1490 woods colt1895 temple-foundling1905 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > male > colt > of unknown paternity woods colt1895 1895 Dial. Notes 1 395 Woods colt, foundling, Winchester, Ky. 1903 Dial. Notes 2 337 Woods colt, a horse of unknown paternity. Also applied to a person of illegitimate birth. 1913 H. Kephart Our Southern Highlanders xiii. 294 A bastard is a woods-colt or an outsider. 1959 W. Faulkner Mansion i. 4 Will Varner was going to have to marry her off..quick, if he didn't want a woods colt in his back yard next grass. < as lemmas |
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