英语词汇“canary-sucking”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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canary-sucking

† canary-sucking adj. Obsolete rare that has a taste for canary; that enjoys drinking canary.In both quots. with reference to clergymen and implying that they have expensive tastes or extravagant lifestyles.

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1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 22 What a plump endowment to the many-benefice-gaping mouth of a Prelate, what a relish it would give to his canary-sucking, and swan-eating palat.

1839 Wizard of Windshaw I. xvi. 270 Ne'er a canary-sucking parson for fifty miles round, but relisheth the smack o' Michael's hogsheads!

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as lemmas

单词	canary-sucking
释义	> as lemmas canary-sucking † canary-sucking adj. Obsolete rare that has a taste for canary; that enjoys drinking canary.In both quots. with reference to clergymen and implying that they have expensive tastes or extravagant lifestyles. ΚΠ 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 22 What a plump endowment to the many-benefice-gaping mouth of a Prelate, what a relish it would give to his canary-sucking, and swan-eating palat. 1839 Wizard of Windshaw I. xvi. 270 Ne'er a canary-sucking parson for fifty miles round, but relisheth the smack o' Michael's hogsheads! extracted from canaryn.³ < as lemmas
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