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Gretchen|ˈgreɪtʃən|
[The name of the ignorant girl seduced by Faust in Goethe's play.]
A girl resembling Gretchen; a German girl or woman. Also used attrib. to denote typically German hairstyles, etc., as Gretchen braid, plait, etc.
1890Amer. Mail Order Fashions (1961) 11 Linen Lawn Gretchen Apron. 1905Daily Chron. 16 Jan. 8/5 The English hairdressers are rejoicing..in the new Gretchen plait. 1913D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers xi. 284 ‘Then why shouldn't we belong to each other altogether?’..‘I know it's a lot to ask,’ he said; ‘but there's not much risk for you really—not in the Gretchen way.’ 1917― in Seven Arts July 283 No, but really, Marta, you're not going to wait any more—really! It's stupid for you to play Gretchen—your eyes are much too green. 1940‘Gun Buster’ Return via Dunkirk ii. x. 162 With that flaxen hair and those blue eyes they reminded one of a couple of typical Saxon Gretchens. 1952Koestler Arrow in Blue x. 85 Seducing rustic Gretchens who were either the innkeeper's or the miller's daughter. 1966J. S. Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing 67/2 Gretchen style, a hair style usually worn by young girls, in which the hair, 6{pp} to 10{pp} long, is worn in tightly plaited stiff plaits hanging over or just behind the ears. 1970Sunday Times 8 Feb. 61/4 Gretchen braids wound round small chignoned heads. |