单词 | bully-cocked |
释义 | bully-cockedadj. Now historical and rare. Designating a type of hat, similar to a bowler, characteristically worn by the bullies or hectors of the late 17th and early 18th centuries (see bully n.1 3a, Hector n. 2). Cf. billycock n. ΚΠ 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 46. 246 He [sc. the Oxford ‘smart’] is easily distinguish'd by a stiff silk gown..a flaxen tie-wig..a broad bully-cocked hat, or a square cap of above twice the usual size. 1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) xlvi. 255 A broad bully-cock'd hat, or a square cap of above twice the usual size. 1924 C. G. Harper Queer Things about London vi. 85 Peaceable citizens meeting a swaggering fellow with a bully-cocked hat adopted the wiser course and crossed to the other side of the street. 1998 I. Lawrence Wreckers vii. 61 He was a small man, hunched in the seat, wearing a bully-cocked hat white with dust. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adj.1721 |
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