| 单词 | burnt cork |
| 释义 | > as lemmasburnt cork burnt cork n. cork that has been burnt so that it can be used for blackening the face, hands, etc.; frequently attributive, as burnt-cork artist, a performer in a blackface minstrel show. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > blackening agent > [noun] blatchOE bleckc1440 bleacha1500 bleaching?1518 black1558 bletch1570 blacking?1571 linka1616 denigrator1658 black wash1684 shoe-blacking1735 burnt corkc1800 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > performers in variety, etc. > [noun] > black minstrel Ethiopian serenader1843 minstrel1843 Ethiopian1844 nigger minstrel1844 Christy's Minstrels1847 Negro minstrel1853 burnt-cork artist1880 c1800 C. Mathews in A. Mathews Mem. C. Mathews (1838) I. xv. 305 Camel's hair pencils, hare's feet, whiting, burnt corks. 1840 R. H. Barham Ingoldsby Legends Execution, Blacking his nose with a piece of burnt cork. 1869 Porcupine 3 July 123/1 The Theatre Royal has within the last week or two been usurped by a company of the ‘burnt cork’ professors. 1873 ‘A. R. Hope’ Night before Holidays (1874) 98 We had one very fine false beard,..and there was plenty of burned cork to be had. 1880 E. James Amateur Negro Minstrel's Guide 10 A pair of legs such as Nelse Seymour had..are great attractions in a burnt-cork artist. 1893 P. H. Emerson (title) Signor Lippo, burnt-cork artiste. 1909 Daily Chron. 31 July 6/1 He was among the earliest of the ‘Christy Minstrels’, and..was in the front rank of burnt-cork artists. < as lemmas |
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