birdlime
n.
viscous sticky stuff prepared from holly bark and used to catch small birds, mid-15c., from bird, n.1 + lime, n.1. Used as rhyming slang for time (especially time in prison) by 1857.
词汇 | birdlime |
词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary birdlime n. viscous sticky stuff prepared from holly bark and used to catch small birds, mid-15c., from bird, n.1 + lime, n.1. Used as rhyming slang for time (especially time in prison) by 1857. |
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