| 单词 | θ155823 |
| 释义 | society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > that which is given in charity > receptacle for (5) alms disha1378 basket1535 taken as the type of daily provisions; also, of alms formerly in special reference to the alms-basket on which poor prisoners in the public jails… alms-basketc1560 A basket from which alms are distributed, or (occasionally) in which to receive alms. poor box1737 A collection box for gifts of money or other articles to be distributed to the poor. Cf. poor man's box n. at poor man, n. compounds 1. poor basket1814 †(a) a basket for storing material from which clothes for the poor could be made (obsolete); (b) a basket in which food, money, etc., is collected… |
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