| 单词 | gay gordons |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGay Gordons Gay Gordons n. (with the) (a) the Gordon Highlanders (see quot. 1925); (b) an old-time dance performed in couples (originally to a tune called ‘The Gordon Highlanders’) and popular at ceilidhs and social dances. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British Ulsters1649 Scots Guardsa1675 fusilier1680 guards1682 Scots Dragoons1689 Scots Fusiliers1689 Inniskilling1715 Scots Greys1728 blue1737 Black Watch1739 Oxford blues1766 green linnets1793 Grenadiers1800 slashers1802 the Buffs1806 tartan1817 Gay Gordons1823 cheesemongers1824 Green Jacket1824 The Bays1837 RHA1837 dirty half-hundred1841 die-hard1844 lifeguard1849 cherry-picker1865 lancer-regiment1868 cheeses1877 Territorial Regiment1877 the Sweeps1879 dirty shirts1887 Scottish Rifles1888 shiner1891 Yorkshire1898 imperials1899 Irish guards1902 Hampshires1904 BEF1914 Old Contemptibles1915 contemptibles1917 Tank Corps1917 the Tins1918 skins1928 pioneer corps1939 red devils1943 Blues and Royals1968 U.D.R.1969 society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > [noun] > specific country-dances > Scottish reela1585 Strathspey reel1747 Strathspey minuet1756 strathspey1776 Strathspey dance1780 Petronella1828 strip the willow1924 sixteensome reel1926 Dashing White Sergeant1929 Gay Gordons1947 1823 C. K. Sharpe Ballad Bk. 37 His name is Glenlogie, when he is from home, He is of the gay Gordons, his name it is John. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 185 Gay Gordons, The, The Gordon Highlanders. In particular the 2nd Battalion, the 92nd Highlanders. 1947 J. R. Gillespie Old Tyme Dancing 32 (heading) The Gay Gordons. 1955 J. I. M. Stewart Guardians iii. iv. 238 The music of the Samba and the Gay Gordons. 1966 Crescendo Dec. 27/1 A musical chore to be dealt with grudgingly like the Veleta or the Gay Gordons. 1990 in J. Faley Up oor Close v. 90 And ye were all squashed in and dancing like the Gay Gordons, or the quick-step, fox-trot, waltzes. Just in a wee room, all right together. < as lemmas |
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