| 单词 | bowler-hatting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbowler-hatting b. figurative. As a symbol of civilian life (as opposed to service in the armed forces), or of the process of demobilization. Hence bowler-hatting. Occasionally in extended use, with reference to dismissal. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > civilian life > [noun] > symbol of bowler1925 society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > discharge from service > [noun] cassation1602 exauctorationa1654 muster out1889 general discharge1947 bowler-hatting1953 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 34 To be given one's bowler, to be demobilised and returned to civil life. 1928 ‘I. Hay’ Poor Gentleman iv. 74 Nelson and Trafalgar put the bowler hat on that scheme. 1931 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 (ed. 3) 287 Bowler, to be given one's, to be demobilized. Bowler Hat, to get a, to be sent home, to be ‘sacked’. Officers' slang; applied only to major and higher officers. 1953 Economist 8 Aug. 372/1 Little has been said..to suggest that the settlers have any agreed programme to offer—beyond the ‘bowler-hatting’ of colonial civil servants of whom they have made scapegoats. 1959 Observer 4 Jan. 11/3 He [sc. Lord Mountbatten] did not ask for his bowler hat when Mr. Sandys reorganised defence a short time ago. < as lemmas |
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