单词 | marlboro man |
释义 | Marlboro Mann. Chiefly U.S. The American cowboy character used in advertising campaigns for Marlboro cigarettes. Hence allusively (frequently humorously): a rugged, self-sufficient, ostentatiously masculine man. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [noun] > virile man manc1330 real man1872 he-man1885 man's mana1896 virilist1910 cocksman1916 macho1943 Marlboro Man1957 macho man1959 man1963 1957 Life 21 Jan. 8 (advt.) The Marlboro Man speaks for himself... ‘Own my own ranch..ride from one end of it to the other every day... I like..the good feeling of being your own boss.’ 1971 R. Rosenbaum Secrets of Little Blue Box in Esquire Oct. 124/1 A tough, sharp, weatherbeaten Marlboro man of forty. 1975 Forbes 1 May 34/1 What's going on here? Who took the sex out of selling? Is the Marlboro Man out of work, too? Has the White Owl girl gone up in smoke? 1994 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 9 Jan. 3/2 Men are incomplete. Self-sufficiency is not tenable. Forget the Marlboro man. Let's get in touch with our feelings and get reconnected in dense relationships. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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