英语词汇up the spout的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	up the spout
词源	up the spout. Spout in this sense is a 19th-century slang word for an elevator on which pawnbrokers lifted hocked goods up- stairs to be stored. Pawned articles thus went up the spout and were often never seen by the customer again. In time, the ex- pression came to mean something gone forever.
随便看	sent off with a flea in his ear sent up the river separate the sheep from the goats sepia september septuagint sequin sequoia serendipity serpent-licked ears serviceberry sesame seeds seth pecksniff set one-s cap at set the thames on fire seven cities seven deadly sins seven dwarfs seven last words seven names of god seven sages of greece seven seas seven-sided animal seven-sided son of a bitch seven sleepers

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