词汇 | upblown |
词源 | upblown; unupblown. Regarding a rumor that a British nurse had been killed in an Italian air raid on Ethiopia, author Evelyn Waugh’s newspaper editor cabled him “Send two hun- dred words upblown nurse.” Finding that the story had no basis in fact, Waugh cabled back, “Nurse unupblown.” |
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