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green goddess, n.
Brit. |ˌgriːn ˈgɒdɪs|, |ˌgriːn ˈgɒdɛs|, U.S. |ˌgrin ˈgɑdəs|
Forms: also with capital initials.
[‹ green adj. + goddess n., apparently after the title of William Archer's 1921 play The Green Goddess (compare the 1923 and 1930 film adaptations of the same name). With sense 2 perhaps compare use of Green Goddess as the name of a British locomotive (built 1925), apparently also after the title of Archer's play.]
1. orig. and chiefly U.S. A type of thick, creamy salad dressing, typically made with mayonnaise, anchovies, and herbs. Also: a salad dressed with this. Chiefly attrib., esp. in green goddess dressing.
1935Modesto (Calif.) Bee 21 Nov. 4/4 The green goddess salad was made by making a dressing of two cups of mayonnaise, thinned with tarragon vinegar, and seasoned with six fillets of anchovy,..green onion..parsley... Into this was cut romaine, lettuce and chicory. 1948Los Angeles Times 19 Sept. iii. 19/1 (heading) Green goddess dressing. 1961Spectator 8 Dec. 879/1 Olympia pan roast..and Green Goddess dressing..turn out to be entirely local [i.e. from the West Coast of the United States] inventions. 2006Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 7 Sept. 6 k Top with a light coating of lemon and olive oil or a creamy dressing like green goddess or dill.
2. Brit. slang. A type of basic fire engine developed for use by the armed forces and typically painted green.
The vehicle's official name is the Bedford RLHZ Self-propelled Pump.
1977Times 14 Nov. 1/4 The total fire fighting capability for Belfast and Londonderry during the firemen's strike will consist only of 15 auxiliary fire engines or ‘Green Goddesses’. 1995Private Eye 8 Sept. 13/1 Since Best has paid the army up front he might as well use its 24 clapped out green goddesses in place of the 43 appliances which normally cover Murkeyside. 2002Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 14 Nov. 3 The first incident..to be attended by a Green Goddess in the country, was a car fire in Sparkbrook. |