单词 | christy |
释义 | Christyn.1 Originally U.S. Now historical. I. Compounds. 1. Christy's Minstrels n. (also Christy Minstrels) (originally) (the name of) a troupe of blackface minstrels formed by Edwin P. Christy in 1843; (later, in extended use) any similar blackface minstrel troupe. Also in singular: a member of such a troupe. Cf. minstrel n. 3a.Christy's original troupe invented or popularized many of the features of the traditional minstrel show, such as the three-act structure and the roles of the interlocutor and end-men in the first act. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > performers in variety, etc. > [noun] > black minstrel Ethiopian serenader1843 minstrel1843 Ethiopian1844 nigger minstrel1844 Christy's Minstrels1847 Negro minstrel1853 burnt-cork artist1880 1847 N.Y. Herald 21 May Christy's minstrels will perform every evening during the coming week. 1848 Brooklyn Daily Eagle & Kings County Democrat 24 Feb. He has succeeded in engaging the popular Christy minstrels for the occasion. 1873 Sheffield Daily Tel. 17 Apr. 4/1 A novel entertainment is provided at the Music Hall, Surrey-street, by a troupe of female Christys Minstrels. 1907 J. Prior Walking Gentleman xv. 136 He sang the song he had sung on his youthful appearance as a Christy-minstrel. 1999 Kronos 25 105 The Gardens..hosted a fete and ‘Fancy Fair’, with boxing, marionettes, a mock Chinese astrologer and Christy Minstrels. 2013 TDR 57 69 A smaller Christy's Minstrels troupe toured South Africa from July to November of 1865. 2. Christy minstrelsy n. musical entertainment of the kind associated with Christy's Minstrels. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > [noun] > performance of black minstrels Christy minstrelsy1855 1855 N.-Y. Daily Times 9 Mar. 3/3 (heading) A discreditable specimen of Christy minstrelsy. 1923 Albany (W. Austral.) Advertiser 24 Nov. The second half of the evening being devoted to Christy Minstrelsy. 2007 J. Belchem Irish, Catholic & Scouse i. ix. 224 Nugent sought to keep pace with commercial Christy minstrelsy. II. Simple uses. 3. Chiefly in plural. A member of a blackface minstrel troupe (see Christy's Minstrels n. at sense 1).In quot. 2001 referring to Christy's original troupe. ΚΠ 1859 Bell's Life in London 13 Feb. 2/1 Poses Plastiques at half-past 7, Female Christys at 9, and with the Tableaux Vivans after the theatres. 1876 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera VI. lxi. 12 You have all made Artificial Blacks of yourselves, and unmelodious Christys. 1903 Leader (Dublin) 14 Mar. 28/1 The ‘Christys’ and the ‘Coons’ are living in bad times. 2001 TDR 45 22 The Christys claimed to have invented the semicircular arrangement and the first minstrel dandy costumes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). Christyn.2 I. Compounds. 1. As a modifier. Designating a hat made by the Christy company, esp. a bowler hat with a rounded crown and narrow brim. Also applied more generally to other hats in this style. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > hat > other round1565 four-corner1640 basoned1728 cockled1745 featherlessa1845 Christy1867 pullover1877 pugreed1881 sailor-shape1897 off-the-face1908 weepered1908 1867 Boston Post 27 Sept. (advt.) Jackson has the Fall style of Silk Hat... Also the Christy Hat from London. 1978 Weekend Mag. (Toronto) 22 Apr. 19/1 I decided to affect an English look. From a local Britisher-than-thou haberdashery I purchased a Christy hat, a Burberry raincoat..and several white tab-collar shirts. 2005 Irish Times (Nexis) 21 Sept. (Commercial Property section) 2 I..got involved in the [menswear] shop [in 1957]... In those days we did Christy hats. 2. Christy stiff n. North American (now rare) a stiff round felt hat of the type made by the Christy company; a bowler hat.Cf. Derby n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > felt > bowler hat pot hat1580 hard hat1845 plug hat1860 bowler1861 billycock1862 boxer1863 bullycock1865 Christy1869 Christy stiff1882 hard hitter1883 pea-dodgera1914 blocker1934 dut1939 bun hat1941 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > felt > derby hat Christy stiff1882 Derby1888 kelly1915 1882 J. Habberton in Grip (Toronto) 25 Mar. He seized a Christy stiff, and, telling his sister to get tea without him, left. 1979 H. Hood Reservoir Ravine xi. 185 The men wore exciting hats; one seemed to be what we used to call a Christie-stiff. 3. colloquial. A Christy hat, or a hat of this type; a bowler hat. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > felt > bowler hat pot hat1580 hard hat1845 plug hat1860 bowler1861 billycock1862 boxer1863 bullycock1865 Christy1869 Christy stiff1882 hard hitter1883 pea-dodgera1914 blocker1934 dut1939 bun hat1941 1869 Gardener Mar. 98 I am content, when I put on my own ‘Christy’,..to confess meekly that it covers a skull..empty of scientific treasures. 1912 S. Leacock Sunshine Sketches xii. 262 The conductor has changed his glazed hat for an ordinary round Christie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11847n.21867 |
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