单词 | to join the ladies |
释义 | > as lemmasto join the ladies 22. to join the ladies: to go into the room to which the ladies have retired after dinner. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use formal courtesy in act or expression [verb (intransitive)] > join ladies after dinner to join the ladies1848 1848 Punch 14 204/1 (caption) Walter, I think you had better join the ladies. 1921 J. M. Barrie (title) Shall we join the ladies? 1956 N. Marsh Off with his Head (1957) x. 212 ‘Join the ladies?’ Dr. Otterley suggested, and they did so. 1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 95 And that, thought Richard grinning, will be denounced as ‘sexual fascism’... And shall we now join the ladies? < as lemmas |
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