| 词汇 | cow and calf |
| 释义 | cow and calf Ⅰ noun 1 half; thus, 50 pence (half £1). Rhyming slang. Variants are 'cow calf' and 'cows' UK, 1950. 2 a laugh. Rhyming slang. Also used as a verb UK, 1992 Ⅱ ⇨ cow's calf; cow and calf; cow's; calf noun until 1971, ten shillings; thereafter, fifty pence. Rhyming slang for 'half' (of £1). Pre-decimalisation, mainly reduced to 'calf'; in later C20 'cows' predominates UK, 1941 |
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