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sconce

C2 noun

sconce /skɑns/ nghĩa là pháo đài nhỏ, công sự nhỏ

Các nghĩa

  1. pháo đài nhỏ, công sự nhỏ

    A head or a skull.

    Why does he suffer this rude knave now, to knock him about the sconce with a dirty shovel, and will not tell him of his action of battery?

  2. vòm chéo (kiến trúc)

    A poll tax; a mulct or fine.

    I'll gladly pay a sconce

  3. mảnh băng trôi

    An act of sconcing; very similar to a fine at Cambridge University, though a sconce is the act of issuing a penalty rather than the penalty itself.

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    The table opposite started singing "shit sconce, shit scone^([sic]), shit sconce, shit sconce" […]

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