| 单词 | clear grit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclear grit a. U.S. slang. Free from admixture, unadulterated, pure, ‘real.’ clear grit: ‘real stuff’: see quots. ΚΠ 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. xiv. 14 A chap, who was clear grit for a tussle, any time—any where. 1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 3rd Ser. xxxii Champaigne..if you get the clear grit, there is no mistake in it. 1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 3rd Ser. xii Is it [a piece of land] refuse or super-fine, clear stuff or only merchantable? 1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Sam Slick in Eng. xxii Solid silver, the clear thing, and no mistake. 1884 Fortn. Rev. May 592 There arose up [in Canada] a political party of a Radical persuasion, who were called Clear-Grits, and the Clear-Grits declared for the secularisation of the Clergy Reserves. clear grit b. In Canadian politics, a Radical or Liberal. Formerly clear grit. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > other national politics > [noun] > Canadian politics > principles or policies > supporters of Family Compact1828 grit1884 bleu1885 Red Tory1953 1884 Fortn. Rev. May 592 There arose up [in Canada] a political party of a Radical persuasion, who were called Clear-Grits, and the Clear-Grits declared for the secularisation of the Clergy Reserves. 1887 Goldwin Smith in Contemp. Rev. July 15 The names ‘Tory’ and ‘Grit’, by which they call each other, therefore, being free from meaning, are really more appropriate than Conservative and Liberal, by which they call themselves. 1887 Goldwin Smith in Contemp. Rev. July 15 Their leaders are more ready to accept baronetcies and knighthoods than the leaders of the Grits. < as lemmas |
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