| 单词 | free, white, and twenty-one |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfree, white, and (over) twenty-one P6. colloquial (originally U.S.). free, white, and (over) twenty-one and variants: that is an independent adult who can engage in any activity not prohibited by law; that is a free agent. ΚΠ 1875 Overland Monthly Oct. 383/1 I'm Jack Myers—free, white, and twenty-one. I can run alone, I can. I'm chief here. 1929 J. Buchan Courts of Morning ii. xiv. 346 We're all of us free, white, twenty-one, and hairy-chested, and we know how to be kind to a pretty girl. 1945 T. Capote in Story May–June 36/2 Furthermore, Aunt Eunice, he is free, white and sixteen. 1952 D. L. Ames Murder, Maestro, Please xix. 138 She's free, white and—no, I guess she's not twenty-one. 1962 M. Carleton Dread Sunset (1963) v. 108 What could I do when she insisted?.. She was free, white and, heaven knows, well over twenty-one! 2000 Big Issue 4 Sept. 46/1 I am free, very white and severely over 21, and have many other views and attributes probably thought of as a bit rightist. < as lemmas |
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