单词 | cricket flannels |
释义 | > as lemmascricket flannels b. Designating (frequently white) clothing designed to be worn when playing cricket, as cricket cap, cricket flannels, cricket trousers, etc. See also cricket whites n. at Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1838 Osborne's Guide Grand Junction Railway (Advt. section) 107 Gentleman's dress stocks, dress and plain shirts, rowing and cricket shirts,..&c. 1848 Bell's Life in London 6 Feb. 8/2 (advt.) Running or cricket caps. 1870 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Apr. (Suppl.) 8/2 A good wool-worked Cricket-belt. 1906 R. R. Gilson Miss Primrose i. iv. 48 I should be happier when I grew old enough to wear white cricket flannels and a white hat. 1959 Times 6 July 9/1 Peter's mother never forgets to collect the cricket trousers from the cleaners. 1997 Daily Mail 27 Mar. 78/2 Those garish pyjamas which pass for cricket attire in the one-day game. 2003 Daily Tel. 19 Sept. i. 27/1 Luella Bartley's boy-meets-girl vibe with oversized cricket-sweaters as dresses. < as lemmas |
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