单词 | smock-frock |
释义 | smock-frockn. 1. A loose-fitting garment of coarse linen or the like, worn by farm-labourers over or instead of a coat and usually reaching to mid-leg or lower. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > smock-frock gabardine1520 frocka1668 round frock1723 smock-frocka1800 smock1833 a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Smock-frock, a coarse linen shirt worn over the coat by waggoners, &c., called in the South a Gaberdine. 1805 Ann. Reg., Chron. 420/2 He pulled off his jacket or smock-frock. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xix. 199 Men who had lounged about all night in smock-frocks and leather leggings. 1883 T. Hardy in Longman's Mag. July 258 The genuine white smock-frock..and the whity-brown one..are rarely seen now afield. 2. A man wearing a smock-frock. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > country dweller > [noun] countrymanc1300 landmana1400 Jack (John) Upland1402 rurala1475 rustical?1532 rusticc1550 Jock upalanda1568 John Uponlanda1568 rustican1570 countrywoman1679 country cousin1692 ruralist1739 country mouse1750 backwoodsman1774 back-countryman1796 mountaineer1837 ruralite1841 mountain man1847 smock-frock1858 way back1890 woop woop1936 swamp Yankee1941 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [noun] > person swaina1150 ladc1300 loon1535 blue coat1583 gaffer1589 snake1590 meaner1596 frock1612 groundling1630 frock-man1657 coolie1803 simple1824 yellow dog1862 Harry1874 smock-frock1898 1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians I. xv. 112 The smock~frocks did not seem to heed, and clamped out of church quite unconcerned. 1898 J. Arch Story of Life ii. 31 Regular pitched battles they were of smock frock against cloth coat, in which smock frock held his own right well. Derivatives ˈsmock-frock v. transitive with it: to wear a smock-frock. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way > types of to cover (one's head)c1340 scrub1590 wimple1591 sag1592 to go thina1610 to be covered1611 rustlea1616 to keep on1621 veil1714 to shake (have) a cloth in the wind1834 smock-frock1840 pad1873 tighten1896 tight-lace1898 1840 T. Hood Ye Tourists & Travellers 6 Play dominoes, smoke, wear a cap and smock-frock it. ˈsmock-frocked adj. wearing a smock-frock. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing loose clothing > wearing a smock-frock smock-frocked1808 round-frocked1809 gabardined1846 smocked1897 1808 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 20 Aug. 257 Among the smock-frocked politicians. 1885 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Aug. 739/1 The stolid smock-frocked peasantry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmassmock-frock a. A loose outer garment worn by peasants and workmen; an overall; more fully smock-frock. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > smock-frock gabardine1520 frocka1668 round frock1723 smock-frocka1800 smock1833 a1668 W. Davenant News from Plimouth iv, in Wks. (1673) 19/1 Cable. Come your affair, Squire of the Frock! Briefly Dispatch! Where is this courteous Damsel? Porter. At my House, Sir. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 95 Flesh-coloured Vests, somewhat like our Brickmakers Frocks. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 251 I had Pistols under my grey Frock. 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xxiv. 392 Three officers..disguised like the peasants of that country with long frocks. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxvi. 136 The duck frocks for tarring down rigging. 1883 C. Walford Fairs 153 Dealers in haubergs, or waggoners' frocks. < n.a1800 as lemmas |
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