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单词 Balmoral
释义 Balmoral|bælˈmɒrəl|
[name of Queen Victoria's residence in Scotland.]
Used as a specific name of: a. A variety of Scotch cap. b. A kind of figured woollen petticoat. c. A kind of boot lacing in front.
1857J. E. Ritchie Night Side London 160 Smith with his Balmoral boots, Brown with his all-round collar.1859H. J. Byron Nymph of Lurleyburg iv, Whose morals are not tight laced—oh dear, no—Though their bal-morals are extremely so.1859Habits of Good Society iv. 177 Victoria has assumed the Balmoral petticoat.Ibid. 178 She has courageously accompanied it with the Balmoral boot.1864F. Locker Lond. Lyrics (1876) 43, I know that when they walk in grass, she wears Balmorals.1867F. H. Ludlow Brace of Boys 263 A skirt of garnet silk looped up over a pretty Balmoral.1867Summer L. Goldthwaite's Life 77 Rosetted slippers instead of heavy Balmoral Boots.
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