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词组 dorcas
释义 dorcas
noun
used affectionately as a term of endearment UK
The Dorcas Society is a charitable society founded in the early C19, taking its name and biblical inspiration from the charitable nature of Dorcas recorded in Acts ix, 36. The original slang use, now obsolete, was as “a seamstress who worked for charity”; that spirit is invested in this polari usage as “one who cares”.
  • — Paul Baker, Polari, p. 172, 2002
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