| 单词 | white-painter |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite-painter white-painter n. Canadian (now chiefly historical) a person (esp. a member of the middle class) who buys and (superficially) renovates housing in a run-down urban area; a gentrifier. ΚΠ 1964 H. Bruce in Maclean's 18 Apr. 25/1 A whitepainter (statistically) is a man who has 2.3 children, an $18,000 mortgage on an old house downtown, and enough pastel paint to cover all the red brick that's left after he's knocked off the porch, hung the coach lamp and paved the lawn. 1987 Crossroads (Shoal Lake, Manitoba) 16 Sept. 2/1 This is a real coming area.., in a few years, prices will just skyrocket. The white-painters are just blocks away now. 1991 J. Garreau Edge City x. 445 Brick sniffers, renovators and gentrifiers. Also called White Painters. 2006 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 7 Apr. g1 The white-painters of the 1970s employed a quick, cosmetic brand of renovation when they flocked back downtown from the suburbs. < as lemmas |
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