AtD translation: patent dinner pail

[Mike Jing]

I don't see how the 1st meaning makes any sense here. A dinner pail is,
presumably, just a dinner pail. Unlike a smile, which could be sincere or
insincere.

Apparently, there are plenty patents on dinner pails. Not sure if the term
exists though.


On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 1:43 AM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Obviously it's the 1st meaning of the adjective:
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> adjective
> 1 |ˈpātnt, ˈpat-| easily recognizable; obvious: she was smiling with
> patent insincerity.
> 2 Medicine |ˈpātnt, ˈpat-| (of a vessel, duct, or aperture) open and
> unobstructed; failing to close.
> • (of a parasitic infection) showing detectable parasites in the tissues
> or feces.
> 3 |ˈpatnt| [ attrib. ] made and marketed under a patent; proprietary:
> patent milk powder.
>
> But I'm not sure that there didn't exist dinner pails that were patented.
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> 2017-12-29 5:06 GMT+01:00 L E Bryan <lebryan at sonic.net>:
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>> I read that to mean a “real” dinner pail instead of a container that
>> would do the job, but not an actual or patented dinner pail. Sometimes the
>> word “patented” is used to indicate “real” or “authentic”.
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>> > On Dec 28, 2017, at 7:18 PM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> > P27.31-35   “Dally, ya little weasel,” Merle greeted her, “the corn
>> liquor’s all gone, I fear, it’ll have to be back to the old cow juice for
>> you, real sorry,” as he went rummaging in a patent dinner pail filled with
>> ice. The child, meanwhile, having caught sight of the Chums in their summer
>> uniforms, stood gazing, her eyes wide, as if deciding how well behaved she
>> ought to be.
>> >
>> > Is a "patent dinner pail" a dinner pail with patent leather on the
>> outside? Or more likely, glossy like patent leather?
>> >
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