| 单词 |
squibbery |
| 释义 |
squibbery|ˈskwɪbərɪ| [f. squib n. + -ery.] 1. The writing or production of squibs; satire in the form of squibs.
1820Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life (1870) II. 115, I did not go to Reading; the squibbery there was too much to encounter. 1824Examiner 739/1 Some allowable squibbery was delivered in the way of a candid admission of the absence of conveniences for a stud of horses. 1834Moore Mem. (1856) VII. 59 The verses having been declined in the usual quarter through which I discharged my squibbery. 2. Squibs (sc. fireworks) collectively.
1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 57 The loyal conflagration of the arch traitor Guy Vaux,..accompanied with as much of squibbery and crackery as our boys can beg or borrow. |
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