| 单词 | donkey's breakfast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdonkey's breakfast donkey's breakfast n. slang (a) a straw mattress (see also quot. 1901); (b) a straw hat. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > straw > types of Dunstable1805 Leghorn1810 skimmer1830 Tuscan hat1830 boating hat1840 mushroom1843 Milan hat1855 toering1855 bergère hat1873 Zulu hat1880 boater1882 boat hat1889 straw yard1900 donkey's breakfast1901 brimmer1902 straw boater1905 balibuntal1913 1901 W. C. Russell Ship's Adventure iii Explaining..that the term donkey's breakfast signified the bundle of straw which sailors who are reckless of their money ashore carry on board ship with them as a bed. 1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 114/2 When a gent puts a donkey's breakfast a-top of his nut. 1916 ‘Anzac’ On Anzac Trail 7 We slept on the usual ‘donkey's breakfast’, of course. 1935 ‘J. Guthrie’ Little Country vi. 131 City men in the bowler hat and in the straw hat that was called a donkey's breakfast. < as lemmas |
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