“chummery”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

chummery

释义

chummery|ˈtʃʌmərɪ|
[f. chum + -ery.]
= chumhood; also the quarters occupied by chums; spec. in India: quarters shared by chums or associates.
1877Besant & Rice Son of Vulc. 196 Jack and her father lived in bachelor chummery.1888Kipling Plain Tales from Hills 183 Some boy of the chummery wherein Dicky lodged, would pound on the door of his bare little room.1950‘N. Shute’ Town like Alice ii. 35 A small private hotel [in Malaya] run by an Englishwoman which was..more or less a chummery for unmarried girls.1951E. D. Swinton Over my Shoulder ii. 65 At Murree, north of Rawalpindi..I was in a chummery of five officers.1963M. Malim Pagoda Tree 182 Complete with the basic essentials of chummery life, viz—one hired charpoy or bed, one hired almirah or wardrobe, one tin bath tub and one thunderbox—all apiece; one hired fridge in common and a dining-table, I presume, though I can't recall it, plus the odd chair.

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