| 单词 | proper bostonian |
| 释义 | > as lemmasProper Bostonian Proper Bostonian n. [after the title of the novel The Proper Bostonians (compare quot. 1947) by Cleveland Amory] a member of upper-class society in Boston, Massachusetts (cf. Brahmin n. 3); frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [adjective] > relating to Bostonians Proper Bostonian1947 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > member of > Bostonian Proper Bostonian1947 1947 C. Amory Proper Bostonians i. 12 Outside observers have claimed to be able to tell the Proper Bostonian male by waistcoat, and the Proper Bostonian female by hat. 1969 A. Laski Dominant Fifth v. 180 Daughter of a not particularly wealthy and certainly not Proper Bostonian American. 1977 J. Cleary High Road to China vii. 231 She was only a mild rebel: there was still too much of the Proper Bostonian in her. 2005 Financial Planning (Nexis) 1 June I was a rich kid, but I was also a WASP and a Proper Bostonian. < as lemmas |
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