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Prince Albert
1. The name of Prince Albert Edward, afterwards King Edward VII, used attrib. and absol. to designate a kind of frock coat or suit made fashionable by him. orig. U.S.
1884I. M. Rittenhouse Maud (1939) 270, I ran out and ushered Mr Lyons in, gotten up to kill in his Prince Albert coat. 1890[see jimswinger]. 1895Montgomery Ward Catal. 273/1 Prince Albert Suits. 1897Kipling Day's Work (1898) 221 A man in a black Prince Albert, without a collar, came up. 1903S. Clapin New Dict. Amer. p. viii, If a Londoner is fortunate enough to cross the Atlantic,..but is unfortunate enough to have to buy a frock-coat..he must call it a ‘Prince Albert’. 1919Ladies' Home Jrnl. July 19/2 Instinctively I looked about him for revolvers. There were none, not even the slightest bulge at the hips of the Prince Albert coat he wore. 1927Scribner's Mag. Feb. 164/1 Antone was dressed for a call, having donned a shiny Prince Albert coat over his collarless shirt. 1941W. C. Handy Father of Blues vii. 91 Glittering young devils in silk toppers and Prince Alberts. 1967C. O. Skinner Madame Sarah viii. 147 Amid the..city coats, Prince Alberts and pin-striped trousers, Sarah looked vainly for a single woman. 1972H. Kemelman Monday the Rabbi took Off xv. 103 Others [sc. Chassidim]..favored a Prince Albert, which because it was warm, they kept open.
2. The name of Prince Albert, the Prince Consort, used in pl. to designate foot- or toe-wraps worn by tramps, sailors, etc., inside boots; the boots themselves. Austral.
1893K. Mackay Out Back (ed. 2) ii. v. 191 With bent shoulders..they ‘mouched’ along,..showing glimpses of brown, unwashed skin above the frayed edges of their ‘Prince Alberts’, the toes of their bluchers gaping wide. 1903‘T. Collins’ Such is Life (1937) i. 52 Unlapping from his feet the inexpensive substitute for socks known as ‘prince-alberts’. 1924Truth (Sydney) 27 Apr. 6 Prince Alberts, rags or bandages used by a swagman or sun⁓downer around his feet in place of socks. 1945Baker Austral. Lang. 105 Prince Alfreds or Prince Alberts as synonyms for toe-rags. These terms developed from the malign suggestion that the Prince Consort was so poor when he came to England to marry Queen Victoria that he wore toe-rags instead of socks. Ibid., Rough lace-up boots were also known as Prince Alberts in Queensland in the closing years of last century. 1958J. Bisset Sail Ho! v. 48 These foot-wraps were known in British ships as ‘Prince Alberts’. |