| 单词 | nut-brown maid |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnut-brown maid b. Of a person, in respect of complexion. Esp. in nut-brown maid. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > tan > [adjective] brownc1384 nut-brownc1503 weather-beaten1530 tanned1564 tan-faced1614 tan-skinned1614 brown-complexioned1704 tanninga1717 brown-skinned1745 suntanned1796 well-tanned1815 weather-bronzed1837 bronzed1842 weather-tanned1853 saddle-coloured1854 bronze-faced1896 tan1963 c1503 Nutbrown Maid in R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxvv Shal neyer be sayd the Nutbrowne mayd was to her loue vnkind. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 43v If she be well sette, then call hir a Bosse,..if Nutbrowne, as blacke as a coale. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Fille The nut-browne lasse for mirth and neatnesse doth surpasse. a1640 P. Massinger Guardian i. i. 345 in 3 New Playes (1655) My Tenants Nutbrown daughters, wholsom Girls. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 299 Shown him by the nutbrown maids A branch of Styx here rises from the Shades. 1770 E. Thompson Court of Cupid II. 4 With her gay Adonis plac'd In a soft attitude of love, and joy, And fine the contrast of the nut-brown Boy. 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. ii*. 70 The attention which was paid to every word that he uttered by the nut-brown Mysie. 1895 Daily News 20 Mar. 7/1 For the nut-brown maids, who strike the happy medium between dark and fair, there is a large choice of gentle tints. 1962 D. Lessing Golden Notebk. (1974) iii. 373 She was in type similar to Marion: another nut-brown maid, tending to a glossy and lively untidiness. 1989 K. Miller Authors (BNC) 60 A nut-brown man by South Kensington standards, he is light-skinned in the West Indies. < as lemmas |
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