单词 | in twig |
释义 | > as lemmasin (prime, good) twig 1. Style, fashion; also condition, state, fettle; esp. in the phrases in (prime, good) twig. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > the or a prevailing fashion gentryc1400 the fashion1569 mainstream1599 the trim1603 mood1646 mode1649 vogue1649 beauty1653 à la mode1654 turn1695 the kick1699 goût1717 thing1734 taste1739 ton1769 nick1788 the tippy1790 twig1811 latest1814 dernier mot1834 ticket1838 kibosh1880 last cry1887 le (or the) dernier cri1896 flavour of the month (or week)1946 vague1962 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum (at cited word) In twig, handsome; stilish. The cove is togged in twig; the fellow is dressed in the fashion. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. (at cited word) Any thing accomplished cleverly, or as it should be, is said to be done in twig, in good twig, or in prime twig. 1828 Sporting Mag. 22 77 Palemon was not in the twig I should like to see a horse of mine if about to start for such a stake. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 345 With my strummel faked in the newest twig. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xi. 298 You're in twig to-night, I see. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xvii Going to the ball in proper twig. < as lemmas |
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