单词 | won't-work |
释义 | > as lemmaswon't-work b. In hyphenated combinations with infinitives, forming nouns (occasionally adjectives), e.g. won't-learn, one who refuses to learn; won't-work; won't-wait, that won't wait. Π 1857 R. M. Ballantyne Coral Island xxiv People..who are sich born drivellin' won't-believers that they think [etc.]. 1868 F. J. Furnivall in Babees Bk. (2002) i. Notes 200 John Russell lets off his won't-learns very easily. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 20 Feb. 7/1 The ‘unemployables’ and the ‘won't works’ are the recipients of most of the relief. 1909 Daily Chron. 8 Apr. 1/7 Won't-wait agitators. < as lemmas |
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