| 单词 | boy in buttons |
| 释义 | > as lemmasboy (also man, etc.) in buttons a. in buttons: wearing livery, esp. in boy (also man, etc.) in buttons: a manservant in livery, a pageboy. Cf. button boy n. at Compounds 2a and buttons n. 1 Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > [noun] > liveried > boy > page in buttons1842 button boy1844 buttons1848 pageboy1859 1842 Bentley's Misc. Jan. 54 Despatches..brought by a little boy in buttons. 1857 Train Mar. 159 Clang! went the visitors' bell..and out came a sharp lad in buttons. 1876 A. Trollope Prime Minister II. xi. 172 During dinner..they were attended by a page in buttons whom he had hired to wait upon her. 1885 Chambers's Jrnl. 22 Aug. 541/2 Hi, hi! you boy there—you in buttons! 1905 Idler Apr. 548/1 Dickson..tipped a wink to the man in buttons as he passed. 1938 Scotsman 18 Mar. 16/4 A boy in buttons, whose ingratiating bow and greeting as you entered would make you..feel completely at home. < as lemmas |
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