单词 | all-whig |
释义 | > as lemmasall-Whig (i) With adjectives denoting an aspect of the identity of a person or thing, with the sense ‘consisting or composed entirely of or intended exclusively for persons or things of the type specified’, as all-Catholic, all-gay, all-Whig, etc. Cf. all-coloured adj. 2, all-white adj. 2, all-red adj. at Compounds 2d. ΚΠ 1898 J. R. Joy Twenty Cent. Eng. Hist. xiv. 271 In 1693 he made up an all-Whig cabinet. 1938 Life 7 Feb. 17/3 (caption) Spirit of Youth was the first all-Negro movie ever shown in Washington. 1941 Christian Cent. 19 Nov. 1430/1 A pastoral letter..urging the election of an all-Catholic school board in Cleveland. 1963 Realist Sept. 16/2 But would it be possible to have an all-gay staff? I mean are there gay janitors, for example? 1979 Feminist Rev. 2 41 An all-woman show would invite speculations as to gender-determined characteristics shared by the women exhibitors. 1991 ABA Jrnl. May 76/1 An all-conservative panel might well not even perceive the merit in the claims of the poor and the weak. 2006 R. J. Donia Sarajevo ii. 41 The People's Assembly met for the first time on June 5. Originally it was an all-Muslim body. < as lemmas |
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