tightener
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Danh từ
nounPlural noun:
tighteners
- 1.
Something used to tighten.
- 2.
(UK, archaic, slang)A large meal; a feast or blowout.
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; […]
Nguồn gốc từ
From tighten + -er. Referring to a meal, suggests the tightening of one's belt around the expanding waistline.