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California|kælɪˈfɔːnɪə|
[The name of the state on the Pacific Coast of North America.]
†1. Money. Obs. slang.
1851London at Table i. 5 Some ‘California’, as the fast young men of the day term ‘money’, is necessary for these houses. 1852C. M. Yonge Two Guardians xi. 183 You had plenty of money... I know you keep California in your pocket.
2. Used attrib., esp. in the names of various species of animals and plants; = Californian a.
1831F. W. Beechey Voyage to Pacific II. 81 The California quail (tetrao virginianus). 1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast xiv, A few hides were brought down, which we carried off in the California style. Ibid., Telling us that it was ‘California fashion’ to carry two on the head at a time. 1846in Calif. Hist. Soc. Q. V. 380, I begin to conclude that californea Horses are not a hardy race of animals. 1874Coues Birds of Northwest 363 Ferrugineous Buzzard, or California Squirrel Hawk. 1881Appleton's Ann. Cycl. XII. 312/2 Ceanothus thyrsiflorus is a small tree producing an abundance of light blue flowers, and known as the California lilac. 1891F. F. Victor Atlantis Arisen 225 The California poppy, Eschscholtzia, is found in Southern Oregon. 1911Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 15 Apr. 6/3 A California grey whale, the first to be captured off the Island coast, has been brought in to the Sechart whaling station. 1926Ibid. 16 July 4/4 My attention has been drawn recently to some California poppies, growing on the roadside along the Malahat [Road]. 1927C. M. Russell Trails plowed Under 3 A high-forked, full-stamped California saddle. 1967‘E. Queen’ Face to Face xxi. 96 A bottle of undistinguished California burgundy.
▸ California king n. orig. U.S. a size of bed that is longer but slightly narrower than conventional king size (also more fully California king size); (also) a mattress or bed of this size; freq. attrib.
1957Fresno (Calif.) Bee 14 July 7 c ‘*California’ king size..72" x 84" mattress and box spring. 1983N.Y. Times (Electronic ed.) 2 June c8 A large California king sheet. 1997Calgary Herald (Nexis) 12 Nov. a10 King-size mattresses have morphed into giant California Kings. 2005Interior Design Feb. 91 [The bed] comes in three standard sizes, including California king. |