winkle-hawk

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rectangular tear or cut in clothing or any other fabric, shaped like a try square. New-York,obsolete,rare
    — The spekilation ha'n't turned out just so good as I expected, but it might have been worse ; anyhow, it's a comfort to walk off without a winkle-hawk in one's character for 'cuteness.

词形变化

winkle-hawks plural winklehawk alternative

词源

Borrowed from Dutch winkelhaak (“try square, rectangular tear or cut”), from Middle Dutch winkelhake (“try square”).
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