| 单词 | slave bangle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasslave bangle slave bangle n. (a) (originally apparently) a type of bangle worn by or associated with enslaved people, or with the purchase of slaves; (b) (later) a bangle worn as jewellery, frequently above the elbow; = slave bracelet n. (b).The use of this term may now be considered offensive or problematic on the grounds that it trivializes the historical experience of enslaved people.In sense (b) the term slave bangle is possibly used to distinguish this item of jewellery from that described at slave bracelet n. (c). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > arm or leg ornament > [noun] > bracelet or armlet > other types of bracelet Dardanium1648 friendship bracelet1890 slave bangle1923 slave bracelet1934 charm-bracelet1941 1889 Newcastle Weekly Chron. 7 Sept. 6/3 Though not a large collection, it includes a sample of nearly everything possessed by the natives of the Upper Congo... War horns of ivory; musical instruments of bone and wood; slave bangles of heavy copper; [etc.]. 1905 Kent & Sussex Courier 7 July 7/4 The bride was attended by her sister as bridesmaid. She wore cream ninon de soie..and a set of sables, were the gift of the bridegroom, whose present to the bridesmaid was a gold slave bangle. 1923 U. L. Silberrad Lett. Jean Armiter ii. 33 A green-glass slave bangle. 1975 D. Gray Ride on Tiger ii. 20 She wore..a silver slave bangle on her right arm. 2007 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 2 Aug. 9 Key looks..cuff bracelets and slave bangles in metallics and bright plastic. < as lemmas |
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