| 单词 | pearly king |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspearly king pearly king n. British a London Cockney street trader wearing traditional ceremonial clothes covered with pearl buttons; cf. pearly queen n.in quot. 1883 the nature of the suit is unknown. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > one who wears clothing with pearl buttons pearly king1902 pearly1917 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of fruit fruiterer1408 apple seller1440 fruitera1483 costard-jagger?1518 costermonger?1518 apple-monger1540 pippin-monger1607 oporopolist1671 fructster1688 orange merchant1693 coster1851 pearly king1902 pearly1917 1883 Era 20 Jan. 24/4 The Pearly King, the handsomest and most costly suit of clothes ever seen, made by Moss,..Bethnal-green.] 1902 Strand Mag. Feb. 236/2 Mr. F. Croft, the Pearlie King of Somers Town. He has 4,900 buttons on his suit. 1942 W. Lewis Let. 27 Jan. (1963) 315 They go about talking to themselves—in the purest idiom of the Pearly King. 1994 BBC Holidays Oct. 65/3 This is the year's biggest gathering of London's Cockney royalty, in which some 100 pearly kings and queens..dust down their glorious mother-of-pearl outfits. < as lemmas |
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