| 单词 | percy boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPercy boy 1. derogatory. A weak or effeminate man; spec. (now historical) a conscientious objector. Also attributive in Percy boy. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [noun] > pacifist in principle peace man1795 antipolemist1817 pacifist1906 pacificist1907 conscientious objector1916 Percy1916 conchie1917 passivist1919 war resister1935 dove1962 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England EnglishmaneOE EnglishOE startc1438 Southron1488 Englander1610 knife-man1643 Englisher1652 southern1721 John Bull1772 Saxon1810 Sassenach1815 rosbif1826 Goddam1830 Angrezi1866 Angrez1877 Percy1916 Limey1918 woodbine1918 homie1926 kipper1946 1916 Nation 27 May 258/2 Mobbed and pilloried and photographed in the ‘Daily Sketch’ as ‘Percy’ (all Percies are now—shade of Hotspur!—supposed to be cowards). 1930 E. Blunden De Bello Germanico 19 Pushful Percies..and many more minor characters of war. 1998 Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, Florida) (Nexis) 8 Mar. b3 The Percy boys were foppish wastrels who milled at Main and Bay. < as lemmas |
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