英语词汇going 19 to the dozen的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	going 19 to the dozen
词源	going 19 to the dozen. Still heard occasionally today to de- scribe someone who can’t cease talking, a motormouth. The ex- pression dates back to the early days of steam, when steam engines powered pumps in the mines. A steam engine going 19 to the dozen was pumping 1,900 gallons of water for every 12 bushels of coal it used for fuel.
随便看	ixtacihuatl izvestia i’d rather dine with jack ketch i’d rather not go there i’d sooner sleep in the pasture and pick corn out of horsedroppings i’d sooner vote for the devil i’ll be there with bells on i’ll drink all the blood that is spilled between north and south i’ll gladly trade 11 years of ‘then’ for seven years of ‘now’ i’ll have a steak and the man on the left i’ll take my davy of it i’ll tell you what i’m gonna do i’m a cranky old yank in a clanky old tank on the streets of yokahama with my honolulu mama doin’ those beat-o flat-on-my-seat-o hirohito blues i’m a curly-tailed wolf with a pink ass and this is my night to howl i’m all right jack i’m as mad as hell and i’m not gonna take this anymore i’m from missouri i’ve got a stone in my shoe i’ve got to see a man about a dog i ♥ new york j jabberwocky jabon jack jackanapes

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