| 单词 | blue-rinse set |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue-rinse set C1. With the sense ‘of, relating to, or designating elderly women (as typical users of a blue rinse)’, as blue-rinse brigade, blue-rinse set, blue-rinse vote, etc.; frequently with allusion to conservative views attributed to this group. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [adjective] old-wivish1535 anilea1624 grannamish1673 old-woman-like1721 tabby1748 old-womanish1764 old-wifelya1799 old-womanly1826 blue rinse1955 1955 C. Beaton Diary Nov. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xxi. 299 My experiences of a lecture tour on the blue-rinse circuit. 1964 Punch 28 Oct. 633/2 The blue-rinse vote went down the drain, and..the Northern liberals..went with 'em. 1977 New Yorker 3 Jan. 46/3 The Sydney Green Bans..originated in an unlikely coalition of affluent communities, led by embattled suburban matrons known as ‘the blue rinse set’. 1982 Financial Times 14 Apr. ii. 17/1 The Liberal Party: that great grey mass of middle-class small businessmen, shopkeepers,..blue-rinse ladies, widows, [etc.]. 2004 S. Hancock Two of Us xviii. 251 A truly shocking speech..which would not have looked out of place at a Nuremberg rally. The blue-rinse brigade lapped it up. < as lemmas |
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