| 单词 | nankeen-jacketed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnankeen-jacketed a. Forming adjectives, as nankeen-clad, nankeen-coloured, nankeen-jacketed, nankeen-trousered, etc. ΚΠ 1779 F. Pilon Liverpool Prize ii. ii. 26 Zounds! Is not his Nankin-coloured lady enough for him? 1781 R. Twining Jrnl. 2 Aug. in Sel. Papers Twining Family (1887) 11 Honest Alexander, our nankeen-jacketed waiter, flew into the salle-à-manger. 1859–60 R. S. Surtees Plain or Ringlets? (1914) lxxvii. 410 Jug then hauled a great turnip of a watch out of his nankin-trousered fob. 1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 258/2 This plump person was attired in nankeen-colored clothes. 1990 Independent (Nexis) 13 Feb. (Arts section) 13 Nicholas Heath outdoes them all by mounting a chair side-saddle..and flashing a tantalising glimpse of nankeen-clad thigh. < as lemmas |
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