| 单词 | coal-scuttle bonnet |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoal-scuttle bonnet coal-scuttle bonnet n. now historical a woman's bonnet resembling an inverted coal scuttle, usually having a wide projecting brim covering the top and sides of the face. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > woman's bonnet > types of > coal scuttle or sun bonnet coal-scuttle bonnet1797 sun bonnet1820 kappie1834 scoop bonnet1846 1797 True Briton 26 Jan. It is a curious circumstance that the Coal-scuttle Bonnet was invented by a certain votress of Pharo, whom the Magistrates lately threatened to ‘draw over the coals’. 1867 M. E. Braddon Run to Earth III. xi. 220 A pretty face never looked prettier than when dimly seen in the shadowy depths of a coal-scuttle bonnet. 1959 Amer. Q. 11 487 The coal-scuttle bonnet and cap, the plain shawl and dove-gray gown, that ultimately became a kind of Quaker uniform. 2003 S. Robinson Serious Occup. 107 It must be a doll dressed in a drab gown and a coal-scuttle bonnet—not a worldly doll, in gauze and spangles. < as lemmas |
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