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Marks and Sparks|mɑːks ænd spɑːks|
Also Marks.
Colloq. name for the merchandising company of Marks and Spencer plc or any of the stores owned by this firm. Freq. attrib. of clothes bearing the firm's trademark.
1951Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 4) Add. 1106/2 Marks, a Marks & Spencer store. 1964Sunday Times 5 Apr. 41/5 In their Marks and Sparks' woollies and living in what looks like a remarkably nice housing estate, Topsy and Tim clearly stand in for classless society. 1966A. Prior Operators i. 8 His Marks and Sparks shirt. 1971‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird xi. 141, I sat there in my Marks and Sparks knickers and brassière. 1972R. Quilty Tenth Session 104 The girls get just about all their odds and ends in Marks and Sparks or the bargain basement at C & A. |