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ˈSpitalfield(s)
The name of a district in the east of London (so called from St. Mary Spital), used attrib.: (a) in Spitalfield(s) breakfast, Spitalfield weaver (see quots.); (b) applied to silk and velvet made up there into furnishings, etc., or to the weavers (orig. Huguenot refugees) involved in this trade. Occas. absol.
1812H. & J. Smith Rejected Addresses 120 Spital-fields with real India vies... Old calico, torn silk, and muslin new. 1819M. Edgeworth Let. 24 Mar. (1971) 185 Mr. Buxton very plain sense and admirable facts about Newgate and Spitalfield weavers and all that. 1861C. M. Yonge Young Step-Mother iii. 26 He was..of the Protestant French sort, that..ran away from the Sicilian vespers, or the Edict of Nantes, I don't remember which; only the Spitalfields weavers have something to do with it. 1865Slang Dict. 242 Spitalfield's breakfast, at the East end of London this is understood as consisting of a tight necktie and a short pipe. 1880Day Fishes Gt. Brit. I. 81 This for [i.e. Trachinus draco], not T. vipera, are sold in Whitechapel as food, and are said to be known as Spitalfield weavers. 1894Country Gentleman's Catal. 155/2 Umbrellas..very best Spitalfields twill silk. 1952M. Cost Hour Awaits 89 The small red drawing-room, its damask hangings of Spitalfields silk. 1955R. Fastnedge Eng. Furniture Styles iii. 86 Queen Anne's state bed, at Hampton Court, is hung, with Spitalfields velvet, patterned in rich colours on a cream ground. 1972P. Rogers Grub Street ii. 115 Such persistant troublemakers as the Spitalfields weavers. 1976T. Jeal Until Colours Fade ii. 30 The Red Drawing Room..its walls were lined with faded crimson Spitalfield's silk. 1980J. Rose Elizabeth Fry iv. 68 The Spitalfields weavers, thrown out of work by the powerlooms. |