| 单词 | soup-and-bully |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoup-and-bully b. In combination with other nouns, as soup-and-blanket, soup-and-bully, soup-and-patty; soup-and-fish n. slang men's evening dress, a dinner suit. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > set or suit of clothes > [noun] > evening dress or dress suit evening suit1807 soup-and-fish1829 white tie1849 tails1857 monkey suit1920 black tie1951 penguin suit1961 1829 S. Smith Let. in Lady Holland Memoir (1855) II. 299 He had not his usual soup-and-pattie look. 1862 A. Locker Somebody's Luggage: His Dressing Case in All Year Round Extra Christmas No., 4 Dec. 26/2 She'd have no more chance again the ice, than a chaney cup again a soup-and-bully tin. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 26 Sept. 8/1 Making ground with his electors through the medium of the ‘soup and blanket brigade’. 1918 P. G. Wodehouse Piccadilly Jim i. 26 He took me to supper at some swell joint where they all had the soup-and-fish on but me. 1945 ‘A. Gilbert’ Black Stage xi. 149 What do you do about dinner here? Soup-and-fish or just a clean collar? 1970 H. McLeave Question of Negligence (1973) xviii. 141 Get him to take off his soup-and-fish and show us his scar. < as lemmas |
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