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单词 green-coat school
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Green-coat school
attributive (frequently with capital initial(s)), chiefly with allusion to the green uniform worn by scholars at certain charity schools, as Green-coat hospital, Green-coat institution, Green-coat school. Cf. blue coat n. 2c.
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1742 New & Compl. Surv. London II. vii. i. 1071/1 Green-coat School. This School, belongs to the Green-coat Hospital in Westminster, contains 20 Boys.
1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 411 In Tothill-side there is..the Green Coat-hospital, for the poor fatherless children of this parish.
1899 Daily News 15 Sept. 5/1 In addition to the Blue Coat School, there were also Black Coat and Green Coat institutions in Westminster.
1907 W. M. Webb Heritage of Dress xvii. 168 We find that certain schools are called grey-coat or green-coat schools, and we have blue schools—for instance, one for boys and another for girls at Wells.
1967 L. Fox Country Gram. School x. 76 There were two other endowed schools in Ashby for the poor, namely the Blue Coat and the Green Coat schools.
1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 249 In Restoration theater, Green-coat Men were footmen in green livery who shifted scenery.
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