英语词汇“gilt toy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gilt toy n. a small gilded item, esp. with reference to electro-gilded jewellery manufactured cheaply in Birmingham from the mid 19th cent.; frequently attributive.The term apparently applies exclusively to the gilding trade in Birmingham.

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1769 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 2 Aug. (advt.) Mr. Samuel Caponhurst, gilt toy-maker.

1800 J. Bisset Poetic Surv. Birmingham Index 54 Moore, John, Manufacturer of Jewellery, Gilt Toys, Wax, and Pearl Beads.

1866 J. S. Wright in S. Timmins Resources, Products, & Industr. Hist. Birmingham 461 Gilt Toys is a technical term embracing personal ornaments of all descriptions... The trade is largely carried on in Birmingham... The process of electro-gilding..enables the manufacturer to produce a surface that is frequently undistinguishable from the finest gold work.

1933 Times 20 June 53/6 The gilt toy and trinket trade of Birmingham.

1995 J. H. Westbrook in J. H. Westbrook & R. L. Fleischer Intermetallic Compounds II. xxiv. 516/2 In the employ of the Elkingtons, gilt toy and button manufacturers, he obtained his first patent in 1841 on electrodeposition.

单词	gilt toy
释义	> as lemmas gilt toy gilt toy n. a small gilded item, esp. with reference to electro-gilded jewellery manufactured cheaply in Birmingham from the mid 19th cent.; frequently attributive.The term apparently applies exclusively to the gilding trade in Birmingham. ΚΠ 1769 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 2 Aug. (advt.) Mr. Samuel Caponhurst, gilt toy-maker. 1800 J. Bisset Poetic Surv. Birmingham Index 54 Moore, John, Manufacturer of Jewellery, Gilt Toys, Wax, and Pearl Beads. 1866 J. S. Wright in S. Timmins Resources, Products, & Industr. Hist. Birmingham 461 Gilt Toys is a technical term embracing personal ornaments of all descriptions... The trade is largely carried on in Birmingham... The process of electro-gilding..enables the manufacturer to produce a surface that is frequently undistinguishable from the finest gold work. 1933 Times 20 June 53/6 The gilt toy and trinket trade of Birmingham. 1995 J. H. Westbrook in J. H. Westbrook & R. L. Fleischer Intermetallic Compounds II. xxiv. 516/2 In the employ of the Elkingtons, gilt toy and button manufacturers, he obtained his first patent in 1841 on electrodeposition. extracted from giltadj. < as lemmas
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