| 单词 | handkerchief dress |
| 释义 | > as lemmashandkerchief dress b. attributive with the sense ‘resembling a handkerchief’, as handkerchief blouse, handkerchief dress, handkerchief table, etc.Used chiefly of clothing: cf. handkerchief hem n. at Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1832 Lady's Bk. (L. A. Godey & Co.) Apr. 169/1 Coat dress, gros de Berlin of celestial blue, with plaited bosom and falling collar—handkerchief sleeves. 1879 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 13 Apr. 13/4 Plaid handkerchief dresses are made up for little girls to wear in the country. 1893 Manch. Weekly Times 21 Apr. 7/1 The handkerchief blouses crossing over in front, fichu-wise, are very popular. 1920 Times 21 Aug. 13/4 Some of these [coats] are tied at the back like the ‘handkerchief blouse’ that once had a big popularity. 1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 138/2 Handkerchief table, an American term for a single-leaf table with leaf and top triangular in shape. Closed, the table fits in a corner, opened it is a small square. 1981 C. Voigt Homecoming 204 Little town houses, with handkerchief lawns, gave way to fields. 1991 S. A. Grau in A. B. Dobie Something in Common 210 That picture stood in a big gilt frame on the handkerchief table in the corner. 2000 I. Edward-Jones My Canapé Hell (2001) xii. 313 Trevor's still in the corner wrapped around Becky, I can see her silver handkerchief top from here. 2011 New Yorker 16 May 129/1 A black chiffon handkerchief dress..and a top hat. < as lemmas |
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