单词 | carrot-top |
释义 | > as lemmascarrot-top carrot-top n. colloquial (usu. depreciative) (a name given to) a red-haired person (cf. sense 3, earlier carrot-topped adj. at Additions). ΚΠ 1889 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Despatch 30 Aug. I won't stand being called Carrot-top by any one. 1895 P. Cox Frontier Humor 31 What! him as the boys in Gosport used to call Carrot Top Jim? 1994 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) Mag. 29 May 8/2 For years redheads have been the odd ones out and had to bear being dubbed ‘carrot tops’. 2007 Bks. Ireland Feb. 20/2 The motormouth carrot-top who has no shame. < as lemmas |
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