单词 | blue ribbon army |
释义 | > as lemmasBlue Ribbon Army Blue Ribbon Army n. now historical a group of people who have taken the blue ribbon (sense A. 3); spec. (the name of) an English temperance society whose members wear the blue ribbon. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [noun] > total abstinence > total abstinence society temperance association1831 temperance society1831 teetotal1834 Band of Hope1847 Good Templary1872 Blue Ribbon Army1877 W.C.T.U.1888 1877 Logansport (Indiana) Jrnl. 4 July 4/2 Fifty-eight persons took the pledge and were enrolled in the Blue Ribbon army. 1878 Christian 16 May (heading) Gospel-Temperance in Hoxton—A ‘Blue Ribbon Army.’ 2004 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 21 Sept. 26 She..later became a supporter of the Temperance cause and even attended meetings of the Blue Ribbon Army. < as lemmas |
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