Norfolcian
词形变化
释义与例句
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A native or resident of Norfolk.
1833, “Sporting Intelligence,” The Sporting Magazine, Volume 7 (Second Series), No. 42, October 1833, p. 495, In the Norfolcians’ second innings, when the two Pilches met together, it was a high treat to the lovers of batting—nothing could excel the beauty of their play.
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Of or relating to the county of Norfolk in England.
1756, Samuel Johnson, “The Life of Sir Thomas Browne” in Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, p. xxix, […] he treats with his usual learning on the funeral rites of the antient nations; exhibits their various treatment of the dead; and examines the substances found in his Norfolcian urns.
1837, Charles Lamb, Letter to Mr. Manning dated 25 December, 1815, in The Letters of Charles Lamb, London: Edward Moxon, Volume 2, p. 18, You have no turkeys; you would not desecrate the festival by offering up a withered Chinese bantam, instead of the savoury grand Norfolcian holocaust, that smokes all around my nostrils at the moment, from a thousand fire-sides.