英语词汇“Tompion”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

Tompion

释义

Tompion ? Obs.|ˈtɒmpɪən|
[From the name of Thomas Tompion, a noted watchmaker in the reign of Queen Anne.]
A watch made by Tompion or of the same type. Also attrib., as Tompion clock, Tompion watch.
1727Pope, etc. Art of Sinking x. 94 Lac'd in her Cosins new appear'd the bride, A Bubble-bow and Tompion at her side.1727Swift Circumcision E. Curll Wks. 1755 III. i. 164 A Tompion's gold watch (which was given her by Mark Anthony).1729Art of Politicks 10 Think we that modern words eternal are? Toupet, and Tompion, Cosins, and Colmar Hereafter will be called by some plain man A Wig, a Watch, a Pair of Stays, a Fan.1837Dickens Pickw. xxxvi, A spacious saloon ornamented with..a music gallery and a Tompion clock.1871M. E. Braddon R. Ainsleigh xii, I looked at my watch, a bulky Tompion with a clumsy outer case of leather.

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