| 单词 | wool hat boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswool hat boy wool hat n. (a) a hat made of coarse wool; †(b) U.S. a supporter of the Democratic Party (obsolete); (c) U.S. a small farmer, or an unsophisticated or conservative countryman, from the South; also (senses (b) and (c)) wool hat boy. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > small farmer wool hat1794 smallholder1800 cockatoo1844 cockatoo farmer1844 cockatooer1852 cocky1868 yardland-holder1890 yardlander1891 minifundista1969 society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > Democratic Party > member or adherent of Demo1794 wool hat1794 democrat1798 Dem1806 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > woollen wool hat1794 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] > of a specific country > American wool hat1794 redneck1830 swamp Yankee1941 1794 T. Coxe View U.S.A. 314 Wool hats, of Winchester make, are in much repute. 1828 Western Intelligencer (Hamilton, Ohio) 3 Oct. 3/1 Thus has Mr. Woods endeavored to gain the votes of the wool hats as he terms his Jackson friends in Washington. 1836 Western Hemisphere (Columbus, Ohio) 3 Aug. 1/7 The very men whom a few years ago they called the ‘ragged wool hat boys’ and ‘Tories’, they are now seeking to attach to their [Whig] party!! 1856 Encycl. Brit. XI. 240/2 Wool hats are made entirely of coarse native wool and hair stiffened with glue. Before the emancipation act these hats were largely exported for negroes' wear. 1880 Harper's Mag. Dec. 159 An old ‘wool-hat’ came along with a cart drawn by a single ox. 1898 B. H. Young Hist. Jessamine County, Kentucky 163 They made wool hats. 1927 K. Eubank Horse & Buggy Days 170 I was a smart boy from town, and this particular guy thought I was a wool-hat boy. 1942 J. A. Rice I came out of Eighteenth Cent. ii. 95 South Carolinians liked their hatred to be personal, and the ‘Wool Hat Boys’ whooped with delight when Tillman ripped the hide off the ‘Columbia Ring’ and the Charlestonian gentlemen. 1942 Time 21 Sept. 19/3 Georgia's ‘wool-hat’ boys (small farmers). 1960 Spectator 2 Sept. 332 The ‘wool-hats’ (i.e. dyed-in-the-wool segregationists) of the rural Tobacco Roads who fear negro competition. 1980 Washington Star 29 Sept. a13/5 Carter knows that when..Eugene Talmadge shouted about ‘state's rights’, the ‘woolhats’ of Georgia knew what he was saying. < as lemmas |
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