| 单词 | butcher's blue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutcher's blue butcher's blue adj. and n. (also butcher blue, butchers blue) Textiles (a) adj. of a dark blue colour resembling that of a butcher's apron; (b) n. this colour; clothing of this colour (cf. sense 7). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > dark blue bicec1430 navy blue1780 marine blue1803 midnight blue1810 Adelaide1831 Oxford blue1842 butcher's blue1851 gros bleu1870 marine1871 gendarme blue1884 navy1884 butcher1892 matelot1927 1851 Times 26 May 5/1 The butchers' blue is the uniform of a guild. 1864 New Sporting Mag. Dec. 395 Hessians again, butcher blue vest, and brown breeches. 1883 Daily News 17 May 6/1 Even Venus must have mislaid some of her charm if arrayed in ‘butcher's blue’ or ‘rotten orange’. 1923 R. Macaulay Told by Idiot iii. vi. 199 The girl in a short butcher-blue cotton frock. 1960 Times 18 Jan. 15/2 Dresses in linens, such as one in butcher blue. 1996 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Apr. 17/3 He designed ‘butcher blue’ shirts and suits without lapels or turn-ups so as not to collect dust. 2010 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 28 Nov. (Seven Mag.) 5 If anyone has a truck..and would like to come, I am all set for the road to Burma in my butcher's blue. < as lemmas |
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