词组 | square from Delaware |
释义 | square from Delaware noun an exceptionally naive, conventional person US, 1938 Delaware exists for the rhyme; it is no more or less square than any other state. In the 1930s and 40s, there was a cottage industry in inventing terms along the line of this construction–a “clown from Allenton”, a “pester from Chester” and so on. The “square from Delaware” was one of the few that truly worked itself into speech.
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