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单词 belcher
释义 I. ˈbelcher1
[f. belch v.]
One who belches.
1598Florio, Rottatore, a belcher, a spuer, a rasper.1699Coles, Belcher, ructator.
II. belcher2|ˈbɛlʃə(r)|
A neckerchief with blue ground, and large white spots having a dark blue spot or eye in the centre, named after a celebrated pugilist called Jim Belcher; sometimes applied to any particoloured handkerchief worn round the neck.
1805Sporting Mag. XXVII. 126/1 Their opponents were decked in the yellow stripe [handkerchief], which has acquired the appellation of the Belcher.1809Monthly Pantheon XIV. 546/1 If there be any of them who will spar with each other, let them wear the appropriate Belcher handkerchief.1812Examiner 21 Sept. 607/1 The traverser..tied a Belcher handkerchief round his neck.1825T. Lister Granby xxxix. (1836) 261 Instead of the Belcher he has a loose black handkerchief round his neck.1846Lytton Lucretia (1853) 154 The lower part of which [a face] was enveloped in an immense ‘belcher.’1862Burton Bk. Hunter 1. 31 The fragments of a parti-coloured belcher handkerchief.
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