In such phrases as casual labourer, one who does casual or occasional jobs, but has no fixed employment; also casual hand; casual labour: see quot…
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| 释义 | the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > poor person in receipt of relief > in an institution > occasionally (5) casual poor1593 In such phrases as casual labourer, one who does casual or occasional jobs, but has no fixed employment; also casual hand; casual labour: see quot… casual1865 A casual pauper; a casual ward. See sense A. 9a above. colloquial. ins and outs1884 In plural. People who go in. In later use in ins and outs: people who are constantly entering and leaving the workhouse. Cf. in-and-out class at in an… in-and-out class1897 attributive (quasi-adj.) in various senses; spec. in-and-out bolts (see quot. 1850); in-and-out boy, in and out man, someone in and out of prison… in and out family1904 attributive (quasi-adj.) in various senses; spec. in-and-out bolts (see quot. 1850); in-and-out boy, in and out man, someone in and out of prison… |
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