单词 | granny bonnet |
释义 | > as lemmasgranny bonnet granny bonnet n. (a) a bonnet or muff of a shape resembling those of Victorian grandmothers; (b) originally English regional (also in form granny bonnets, with singular agreement) = granny's bonnet n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > woman's bonnet > types of > other dulcimer?1767 cottage bonnet1794 cabriolet1797 skyscraper1800 kettle-holder1813 basket-bonnet1824 kiss-me-quick1845 tilt-bonnet1874 granny bonnet1879 toque1881 rain bonnet1909 1879 All Year Round 5 Apr. 383/2 Her hideous tea-green dress and granny bonnet. 1894 Daily News 30 Oct. 6/6 Granny bonnets are revived. 1906 R. M. Watson Heart of Garden 63 Aquilegias... ‘Granny Bonnets’ the cottage folk call them. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 302 Foxglove... Local names..granny bonnets, granny's gloves, Som. 1966 A. Batten & H. Bokelmann Wild Flowers Eastern Cape 104 Hermannia flammea... candicans... filifolia (Granny Bonnets). 1995 C. Wyatt Listening to Mozart 43 Sally has taken to wearing granny bonnets. She looks a little like the girl on the Dutch Cleanser label. 2014 Timaru Herald (Ν.Ζ.) (Nexis) 44 Oct. 14 Some very pretty crimson and white aquilegias (sometimes known as granny bonnets) that will shortly be coming into flower. < as lemmas |
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