单词 | to rag out |
释义 | > as lemmasto rag out 3. U.S. slang and regional (chiefly western). to rag out: (a) intransitive to dress well, dress up (in quot. 1849 figurative); (b) transitive (in passive) to be well dressed (in later use chiefly in African-American usage). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way > dress up to toss out1759 to tog it1819 prig1845 to rag out1849 buck up1854 to dress up1869 poon1943 priss1971 1849 Watertown (Wisconsin) Chron. 25 July One booth, or shanty, has been stuck up for the occasion, and ‘rags out’ with a very showy, and for aught we know costly, stock. 1864 J. Beckwith Winthrops xvii. 47 Law sakes, how your sister Mrs. Houghton is ragged out! I b'lieve that's a brown silk travelin dress, and bunnet to match! 1865 C. F. Browne Artemus Ward his Trav. xi. 92 We air goin' right straight through in these here clothes,..We ain't goin' to rag out till we get to Nevady. 1894 J. W. Riley Armazindy 5 Purtier girl you never seen... Couldn't rag out stylisher. 1916 M. M. Parker Merry Monologues 120 Myrtle said it wa'n't a stylish affair, Maria, but the women was ragged out to beat the band. 1944 D. Burley Orig. Handbk. Harlem Jive 145/1 Rag out, to dress up. 1956 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 23 May 8/1 He would rather stay in blue jeans than get ragged out in his Sunday best. 2002 F. P. Wilson Haunted Air 237 ‘Ain't you ragged out!’ he said, pointing to the plaid jacket and grinning. < as lemmas |
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