单词 | jeames |
释义 | Jeamesn. (After Thackeray) a ludicrous name for a liveried footman. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > [noun] > liveried > footman or flunkey footman1662 flunkey1786 yellow-plush1841 Jeames1846 Thomas1846 John Thomas1860 little man1885 1846 W. M. Thackeray (title) The Diary of C. Jeames de la Pluche, Esq. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xxxvii Jeames with his cocked hat and long cane, [is] passing out of the world. 1875 J. Grant One of Six Hundred xv She and her family..attended by a tall ‘Jeames’ in plush. Derivatives Jeames-ism n. flunkeyism.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1883 Athenæum 13 Oct. 459/1 ‘Students of the social history and manners of courts’—which seems to be the latest modern euphemism for ‘Jeames-ism’ in literature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < |
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