| 单词 | glad clothes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasglad clothes f. glad rags (occasionally glad clothes): (one's) best clothes; very smart or fancy clothes; spec. formal evening dress. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > best best beseen1602 best1708 best bib and tucker1747 war-paint1859 glad rags1902 bezzies1966 1902 ‘D. Dix’ Fables of Elite 72 All the Females Assembled in their Glad Rags and proceeded to go through their particular Stunts for his Benefit. 1904 Daily Chron. 6 Oct. 8/2 Donning an elaborate evening frock—the slangy American girl calls it ‘gettin' into her glad rags’. 1905 Daily Chron. 11 Jan. 4/5 Only when starvation stares him in the face will he relinquish his ‘glad clothes’, as the cowboys call them. 1907 N. Munro Daft Days vii. 60 ‘There's a big garden-party to be at it—’ ‘My! I guess I'll put on my best glad rags.’ 1916 J. Farnol Definite Obj. iii ‘Are you comin' wi' me, sir?’ inquired Spike... ‘I surely am.’ ‘But—but not in them glad rags?’ and Spike pointed to Mr. Ravenslee's exquisitely tailored garments. 1922 H. B. Hermon-Hodge Up against it in Nigeria v. 76 We all turned out in our glad rags to join in the procession. 1931 E. Linklater Juan in Amer. ii. xii. 143 All dolled up in glad rags,..They call you Glad Rag Doll! < as lemmas |
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