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Paisley|ˈpeɪzlɪ|
The name of a town in Renfrewshire, Scotland, used attrib. or absol. to designate a garment or material made there or having the curvilinear design characteristic of cloth made there, or the pattern itself.
1834Paisley shawl [see shawl n. 2 a]. c1860[see Norwich]. 1866R. S. Charnock Verba Nominalia 215 Paisley, a shawl made at Paisley, co. Renfrew (Scotland); celebrated also for its manufactures of silk and other shawls, muslin, cotton thread, and ornamental fancy goods. 1898Daily News 5 Mar. 6/4 If black stuffs were chosen, it was only that they might be trimmed with paisleys. 1900Ibid. 28 Apr. 6/6 Paisley velvet is a favourite facing for collars and revers. 1911Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 23 Apr. 7/1 (Advt.), Paisley silks. 1950D. Gascoyne Vagrant 15 Spread with a soft paisley-patterned cloth. 1951E. Paul Springtime in Paris vi. 125 One of the coffee-coloured men in a flashy paisley robe and wearing gold-bowed pince-nez. 1954F. Sargeson in C. K. Stead N.Z. Short Stories (1966) 5 He hoped to better himself at the fine Paisley work. 1959H. Hobson Mission House Murder ii. 11 My Paisley silk bow-tie. 1964McCall's Sewing iv. 58/2 Paisley, any cotton, wool, or rayon which is printed with the traditional scroll design which originated in Paisley, Scotland. 1966R. Thomas Spy in Vodka (1967) vii. 60 He wore a dark-blue flannel sports shirt, a blue and yellow Paisley ascot, a pair of grey flannels that must have cost sixty bucks, and black loafers. 1967[see Norwich]. 1975G. Lyall Judas Country xxii. 163 He had his old brownish Paisley-pattern silk scarf folded as a choker. 1976Evening Advertiser (Swindon) 31 Dec. (Advt.), Fur coats, capes and foxes. Victorian nighties, petticoats and camisoles, silk and Paisley shawls, beaded and sequined garments... Buyer calling regularly in the area. 1977J. Fleming Every Inch a Lady xiii. 63 A Paisley-patterned scarf in blue and red silk. 1977J. Wambaugh Black Marble (1978) viii. 105 The long-legged asthmatic..was trying to look dog show respectable in a three-button herringbone coat, gray woolen slacks and a paisley tie. |