单词 | death's head ring |
释义 | > as lemmasdeath's head ring C1. General attributive, as death's head emblem, death's head ring, etc. ΚΠ 1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse ii. v. sig. E3v Shee broke mee a tooth once with a deaths Head-ring on her finger. 1816 ‘P. Pindar’ Wks. II. 215 War, whose expectation tiptoe stood, Ready for hills of slain, and seas of blood, Who drops his death's head flag, and puts on mourning. 1822 R. Nares Gloss. 122/1 Death's Head Ring. By a strange inconsistency,..the procuresses of Elizabeth's time wore usually a ring with a death's head upon it. 1873 Southern Mag. (Baltimore) Oct. 483 The terrible nature of the struggle was well indicated by the death's-head emblems of the banner borne in the first campaign. 1901 House Beautiful Sept. 220/2 Many memorial rings are decorated with urns and willows... A death's-head ring is also used. 1939 Bull. Internat. News 16 52 Under the supervision of S.S. ‘Death's Head’ units men up to 70 years of age and women up to 55 were put to work on road-building and land reclamation. 1972 Washington Post 23 Nov. n2/1 His jacket with the [Hell's Angels] club's grinning death's head emblem on the back. 2007 A. McGregor Shaping of Pop. Consent ii. iv. 150 Their hats were clearly adorned with a German-esque Death's head motif. < as lemmas |
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