| 单词 | coloured clothes |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoloured clothes coloured clothes n. British Services' slang (now chiefly historical) civilian clothes, as opposed to uniform. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > civilian coloured clothesa1753 mufti1816 plain clothes1822 cit1835 plebeskin1888 civvies1889 a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) I. vii. 47 Two Men came in..One of them had a Serjeant's Coat on, the other in coloured Clothes. 1829 J. Shipp Mem. ii. 33 One..asked me if I knew where to sell my coloured clothes. 1902 A. Griffiths in G. R. Sims Living London I. 168/2 The new soldier is still in his ‘coloured clothes’, as with delightful want of logic anything but the garish uniform of red or blue is always called in the Army. 1997 S. Reid Brit. Redcoat 1793–1815 56/1 The wearing of civilian or ‘coloured’ clothes in barracks was apparently quite common. < as lemmas |
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