单词 | silver lady |
释义 | > as lemmasSilver Lady Silver Lady n. an epithet applied to Miss Elizabeth Baxter (d. 1972), philanthropist, from her custom of giving silver coins to the down-and-outs of the Embankment in London, used attributively to describe a charitable organization (and its appurtenances) which distributes food and hot drinks to vagrants. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [adjective] > relating to charity > specific charity Silver Lady1961 1961 Ann. Charities Reg. & Digest 208/2 Silver Lady Fund. Mobile café out on Embankment serving hot tea and food free to the needy. Miss Betty Baxter.., E.C.4. 1978 C. A. Berry Gentleman of Road xv. 171 The Silver Lady van arrived and mugs of tea and meat pies were distributed. silver lady Thesaurus » Categories » silver lady n. (see silver-fish n. 2). < as lemmas |
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