| 单词 |
midder |
| 释义 |
midder Med. slang.|ˈmɪdə(r)| [f. midwife n. or midwifery + -er6.] Midwifery; a midwifery case, childbirth. Also attrib.
1909A. M. N. Lyons Sixpenny Pieces iii. 23 It was no good waiting breakfast for Fatty..because Fatty's ‘call’ was a ‘midder’. 1931‘F. Iles’ Malice Aforethought iv. 78 Dr. Bickleigh was wishing that a call would reach him.., a midder-case even. 1937A. J. Cronin Citadel ii. vii. 153 We can't go! I've got a positive conviction I'm having a midder case next Sunday evening! 1948M. Allingham More Work for Undertaker xxiv. 279 You've got a midder, you say, doctor? 1965M. Polland Thicker than Water (1967) iii. 29 Although he..did his medicine in Edinburgh, he came here to the Rotunda for his midder. |

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