单词 | dressed like astor's plush horse |
释义 | > as lemmasdressed (up) like (Mrs) Astor's plush horse A toy horse made from plush. Also: the type of something ostentatious, luxurious, etc.; frequently in dressed (up) like (Mrs) Astor's plush horse and variants (see quot. 1937). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [noun] > instance or example of painted sheath1542 puff1567 wonderclout1570 snobbery1866 plush horse1891 tartine1907 dog's dinner1996 1891 Boston Daily Globe 6 Dec. 17 (advt.) 15 styles Skin and Plush Horses. 1903 Post Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 5 Dec. 5/5 Real skin horses, plush horses, trotting horses, rocking horses, [etc.] 1913 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 7 Jan. 6/6 In contrast with these is the senator himself, of slight physique, kindly of mien, and to all appearances as approachable as a plush horse. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. xxviii. 332 How's the kid? All dolled up like a plush horse today, ain't we! 1920 Chicago Tribune 8 Feb. vi. 2/3 The opening was really too brilliant. Everybody was dressed like Mrs. Astor's plush horse. 1937 N. Johnson Mrs. Astor's Horse 8 It was in the late nineteenth century that the gilded, overstuffed magnificence of Mrs. Astor led the peasants to say of any one who was rather ostentatiously dolled up: ‘She is dressed up like Mrs. Astor's plush horse.’ 1954 Austin (Minnesota) Daily Herald 9 June 5/1 They seem to eat just as well and are dressed like Astor's plush horse. 1997 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) (Nexis) 21 Mar. f1 Brittany's Club, a doll line for horse lovers, features Steiff, a doll-sized plush horse that carries a suggested retail price of $210. < as lemmas |
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