单词 | dicky daisy |
释义 | > as lemmasdicky daisy dicky daisy n. English regional and colloquial (now rare) (frequently in speech by or to young children) a daisy or similar wild flower, as the common daisy, Bellis perennis, or (more fully large dicky daisy) the ox-eye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare. ΚΠ a1876 E. Leigh Gloss. Words Dial. Cheshire (1877) 120 Large Dicky Daisy, The Moon Daisy, Chrysanthemum. a1895 J. W. Darwood MS Coll. Cambr. Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1900) II. 66/2 Let's go and get some buttercups and dicky-daisies. 1939 Chester Chron. 4 Mar. 5/5 Skirts for day wear are shorter; hats are quite eccentric, looking sometimes like outsize dicky daisies and at others like oval bread boards. < as lemmas |
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