| 单词 | blue coat uniform |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue coat uniform b. attributive (frequently with capital initials) with the sense ‘of, belonging, or relating to a blue coat school’ (see blue coat school n. at Compounds 2), as blue coat building, blue coat hall, blue coat uniform, etc. ΚΠ 1699 Tryal Spencer Cowper 10 Did you see some body go through the Blue-coat building about 11 a clock? 1711 London Gaz. No. 4920/3 A General Meeting..will be held at Blue-coat-Hall in Christ's-Hospital. 1735 Brit. Observator 4 Jan. 220/2 Sir Francis Child, President of Christ's Hospital, together with Richard Cheeke, Esq; Treasurer,..are to wait on his Majesty..to present the Blue-Coat-Children. 1789 Trifler No. 32. 408 I..am indebted for my small portion of knowledge to a Blue Coat education. 1896 Munsey's Mag. Mar. 734/2 As a boy he broke the rules of schools of all kinds, including the famous Blue Coat institution. 1974 N. Pevsner Staffordshire 123 The school has two porches with two porcelain bluecoat children. 1986 P. Williams Chetham's ii. 38 Leaving a school which had also been home became even more of a break when the Blue Coat uniform was replaced by a civilian suit. < as lemmas |
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