debn.

Brit.

/dɛb/, U.S.

/dɛb/

Forms: also debby.

Etymology: Shortened < débutante n. at débutant n. Derivatives.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

= débutante n. at débutant n. Derivatives.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > female > débutante

débutante1801

rosebud1856

sub-debutante1887

sub-deb1916

deb1920

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [adjective] > (characteristic of) member of > female > débutante

deb1920

1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise ii. ii. 227 Dancing with mid-Western or New Jersey debbies.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 422 Josie Powell that was, prettiest deb in Dublin.

1927 Sunday Express 10 July 10 It appears that her comments on society have roused the ire of the great army of debutantes... How the angry ‘debs’ propose to deal with their victim..I cannot imagine.

1928 Sunday Disp. 9 Dec. 11/2 The impossibility of parents doing any of the old kind of chaperonage in the hours kept by the present day (or night) ‘debbies’ during their present season.

1966 J. Betjeman High & Low 56 The debs may turn disdainful backs On Pearl's uncouth mechanic slacks.

Phrases

debs'(or deb's, debbies') delight: an eligible or attractive young man in high society.

ΚΠ

1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra v. 135 Joe Montgomery could be classified under many headings... Well-dressed man. Debbies' delight. Roué.

1948 N. Marsh Death in White Tie iii. 33 Lord Robert half suspected his nephew Donald of being a Debs' Delight.

Compounds

attributive or as adj.

ΚΠ

1926 Ladies' Home Jrnl. July 26 One of my deb cousins makes a transcendent cocktail.

1940 M. Dickens Mariana vii. 217 She presents her at Court, drags her to all the deb. dances.

1958 Oxf. Mail 1 July 6/6 His girl is a dim creation and Pauline Arden makes her unnecessarily ‘debby’.

1958 Daily Mail 4 July 10/4 She danced with —— at a debby night spot clad in little more than a nylon nightie.

1970 Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 16 Somewhat debby (though none was in fact a deb), the girls must also be ready to display their social graces at Council cocktail parties.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	deb
释义	debn. Brit. /dɛb/, U.S. /dɛb/ Forms: also debby. Etymology: Shortened < débutante n. at débutant n. Derivatives. colloquial (originally U.S.). = débutante n. at débutant n. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > female > débutante débutante1801 rosebud1856 sub-debutante1887 sub-deb1916 deb1920 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [adjective] > (characteristic of) member of > female > débutante deb1920 1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise ii. ii. 227 Dancing with mid-Western or New Jersey debbies. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 422 Josie Powell that was, prettiest deb in Dublin. 1927 Sunday Express 10 July 10 It appears that her comments on society have roused the ire of the great army of debutantes... How the angry ‘debs’ propose to deal with their victim..I cannot imagine. 1928 Sunday Disp. 9 Dec. 11/2 The impossibility of parents doing any of the old kind of chaperonage in the hours kept by the present day (or night) ‘debbies’ during their present season. 1966 J. Betjeman High & Low 56 The debs may turn disdainful backs On Pearl's uncouth mechanic slacks. Phrases debs'(or deb's, debbies') delight: an eligible or attractive young man in high society. ΚΠ 1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra v. 135 Joe Montgomery could be classified under many headings... Well-dressed man. Debbies' delight. Roué. 1948 N. Marsh Death in White Tie iii. 33 Lord Robert half suspected his nephew Donald of being a Debs' Delight. Compounds attributive or as adj. ΚΠ 1926 Ladies' Home Jrnl. July 26 One of my deb cousins makes a transcendent cocktail. 1940 M. Dickens Mariana vii. 217 She presents her at Court, drags her to all the deb. dances. 1958 Oxf. Mail 1 July 6/6 His girl is a dim creation and Pauline Arden makes her unnecessarily ‘debby’. 1958 Daily Mail 4 July 10/4 She danced with —— at a debby night spot clad in little more than a nylon nightie. 1970 Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 16 Somewhat debby (though none was in fact a deb), the girls must also be ready to display their social graces at Council cocktail parties. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1920
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