| 单词 | stamping ground |
| 释义 | stamping groundor stomping groundSEE SYNONYMS FOR stamping ground ON THESAURUS.COM nouna habitual or favorite haunt. Origin of stamping groundFirst recorded in 1780–90 Words nearby stamping groundStamp Act, stamp collecting, stamp duty, stampede, stamper, stamping ground, stamp mill, stamp out, stamp tax, stan, stance Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stamping groundBritish Dictionary definitions for stamping groundstamping ground nouna habitual or favourite meeting or gathering place Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with stamping groundstamping ground Also, old stamping ground. A habitual or favorite haunt, as in Whenever we visit, we go back to our old stamping ground, the drugstore nearest the high school. This term alludes to a traditional gathering place for horses or cattle, which stamp down the ground with their hooves. [Early 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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