| 单词 | daverdy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈdaverdy ˈdaverdy adj. dialect dowdy, unkempt. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > shabby or worn-out threadbare1362 rusty1602 dowdy1774 dowdyish1818 pokyc1854 hand-me-down1895 daverdy1906 schlumpy1956 schleppy1966 1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. i. vii. 95 Even in the garden, that sense of things being pokey haunted old Jolyon; the wicker chair creaked under his weight; the garden-beds looked ‘daverdy’. 1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. ii. iii. 148 That was how he liked 'em, all of a piece, none of your daverdy, scarecrow women! 1924 J. Galsworthy On Expression 7 What an expressive variant of the word ‘dowdy’..is the word ‘daverdy’..! Dowdy suggests the flannel petticoat, the thick, the dusty appearance; daverdy a sea-green, trailing, down-at-heeledness. < as lemmas |
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