«APPLE-PIE BED» संबंधित इंग्रजी पुस्तके
खालील ग्रंथसूची निवडीमध्ये
apple-pie bed चा वापर शोधा. इंग्रजी साहित्यामध्ये वापराचा संदर्भ देण्यासाठी
apple-pie bed शी संबंधित पुस्तके आणि त्याचे थोडक्यात उतारे.
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Food: A Dictionary of Literal and Nonliteral Terms
BDPF; CE; CI; DAI; DAP; DC; EWPO; HI; HND; IHAT; LCRH; MDWPO; MS.
APPLE ORCHARD See Apple. APPLE-PIE BED an apple-pie bed. A bed that has
been "short-sheeted." Source: APPLE PIE. IHAT: 1760s. "Short-sheeted" is a
WWII ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 2000
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The English dialect dictionary
M.T.). tilt-is.a The great hairy willow herb is called Apple-pie. the smell
rcsernbling that of the apple. Glo.l I-lltnp.1 (4) n.Yks. Apple-pie, lLychmIs ds'uma (
LWJ. APPLE-PIE BED, sb. Gen. colloc].l use in Eng. A bed made by way of a
practical joke ...
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Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
... "St. John's Day." There were some things, for Instance, the Apples of King John
, ... I should be tempted to buy. Bivtlow : Lift °f B Franklin. Apple-pie Bed. A bed in
which the sheets are so folded that a person cannot get his legs down ; perhaps ...
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 2001
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Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies: From Spare Ribs to Humble ...
Supporting this hypothesis is the fact that the old practice of "short-sheeting" a
bed — folding its linens in half so that a would-be sleeper's legs won't fit into it —
has long been known as making an apple-pie bed. (One nineteenth- century ...
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The Diner's Dictionary: Word Origins of Food and Drink
Apple-pie order may be an alteration of (an admittedly unrecorded) cap-a-pie
order, from Old French cap a pie 'head to foot', while the apple-pie bed, the
disarrangement of bedclothes as a practical joke, possibly had its origins in
French ...
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
... estate proved to be an apple of discord, as many legal' battles were fought over
it after his death. the apple of someone's eye something or someone very dear
Being the only daughter, she is the apple of her father 's eye. an apple pie bed a
...
an apple-pie bed a bed made up (as a joke) in such a way as to be impossible to
get into because the top sheet is doubled: The children made their aunt an apple-
pie bed. in apple-pie order (inf) neat and tidy, with everything in its correct ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
an apple-pie bed a bed made up (as a joke) in such a way as to be impossible to
get into because the top sheet is doubled: The children made their aunt an apple-
pie bed. in apple-pie order (in/) neat and tidy, with everything in its correct ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of ...
-Folk rhyme An apple-pie bed, as a practical joke, with a sheet so folded that one
cannot get one's legs in, may be a corruption of Fr nappe place: folded sheet.
Remember Johnny Appleseed, All ye who love the apple; He served his kind by ...
Joseph Twadell Shipley, 2001
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Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Others contend that the -pie in question is a loose synonym for -turnover, on the
grounds that a turnover is made by folding pastry in half just as an apple-pie bed
is made by folding a sheet in half. t (a'pamt) vb 1 choose for an office or task. 28.
नवीन गोष्टी ज्यामध्ये «APPLE-PIE BED» ही संज्ञा समाविष्ट आहे
खालील बातम्यातील आयटमच्या संदर्भात राष्ट्रीय आणि आंतरराष्ट्रीय पत्रकार कशाबद्दल बोलले आहेत आणि
apple-pie bed ही संज्ञा कशी वापरली आहे ते शोधा.
The general election TV debate: how it might go
April Fools' Day was actually invented in Scotland. Popular pranks include making an apple-pie bed, telling someone their fly is undone when it ... «Telegraph.co.uk, एप्रिल 15»
Lashings of nostalgic cheer
... an Enid Blyton revival as an absolutely spiffing wheeze and the jolliest jape since Darrell made an apple-pie bed for Gwen at Malory Towers. «Telegraph.co.uk, नोव्हेंबर 12»
Eastern Cape: Adventuring in Morgan Bay
In those days they made an "apple-pie bed" and put crayfish in it to welcome the newlyweds. Today honeymooners would get a more romantic ... «Times LIVE, मार्च 12»
We need more pranksters like the White House gatecrashers
It's not pleasant being bombarded with eggs, or having to extricate oneself from an apple-pie bed on a winter's night – but it's hardly the end of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, नोव्हेंबर 09»
