tightener

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈtaɪtn̩ə/    美 /ˈtaɪtn̩ɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something used to tighten.
  2. A large meal; a feast or blowout. UK,archaic,slang
    — 184?, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor One proposed going to Hungerford-market to do a feed on decayed shrimps or other offal laying about the market; another proposed going to Covent-garden to do a 'tightener' of rotten oranges, to which I was humorously invited; […]

词形变化

tighteners plural

词源

From tighten + -er. Referring to a meal, suggests the tightening of one's belt around the expanding waistline.
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