单词 | army and navy |
释义 | Army and Navyadj.n. British. A. adj. (attributive). 1. British. Designating a society (the Army and Navy Co-operative Society) and any of the stores operated by it, established for the purpose of providing a wide range of household goods at the lowest possible rates. Now rare.The Society was formed in 1871 by a group of army and navy officers, with the intention of benefiting members of the armed forces. The business expanded considerably in the following decades. In 1934 the Society became a limited company and in 1976 was acquired by House of Fraser. ΚΠ 1872 Times 14 Dec. 9/4 The real question at issue is not that of Civil Service Stores, or of Army and Navy Stores, but of Co-operative Stores in general. 1895 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 105 (heading) Soups made by the Army & Navy Co-operative Society. 1908 A. Bennett Buried Alive iv. 102 He then hailed a taximeter from the stand opposite the Army and Navy Stores. 1916 W. S. Churchill Let. 20 Jan. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) vii. 158 The following is important: buy at once from the Army & Navy Stores a small ‘Corona’ typewriter & send it out here by the tamest King's Messenger or the best route open to you. 1994 E. McNamee Resurrection Man (1998) i. 12 Victor wore a blue boiler suit and carried a shortblade knife that he'd got in the Army and Navy stores. 2. U.S. Designating a store which specializes in surplus military equipment, or the goods sold there; = Army-Navy adj. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [adjective] > relating to shop > types of shop high streetc1600 co-op1872 multiple1903 fixed price1907 serve-self1909 serve-yourself1909 quick-service1910 self-serve1910 self-service1912 drive-through1918 Army and Navy1919 drive-in1930 one-stop1933 Army-Navy1934 full-service1934 mom-and-pop1942 walkround1950 ma-and-pa1965 pop-up1993 1919 Steubenville (Ohio) Herald-Star 21 Nov. 22/5 (advt.) Sheepskin coats, officers rain coats, gloves, sacks at the Army & Navy Store. 1923 H. Crane Let. 8 Nov. (1965) 157 In an army and navy store in New York. 2002 A. Behrman Electroboy (2003) ii. 42 Picking up macho military clothing at Kaufman's Army & Navy Store on 42nd Street. B. n. British. A branch of the Army and Navy stores, esp. the principal one in Victoria, London. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shops selling other specific goods jeweller's shop1632 ironmongery1648 ironmonger1673 jeweller1675 news shop1688 print shop1689 Indian house1692 coal shed1718 pamphlet shop1721 lormery1725 drugstore1771 hardware store1777 junk store1777 chandler-shop1782 junk shop1790 music store1794 pot shop1794 finding store1822 marine store1837 picture house1838 paint shop1847 news agency1852 chemist1856 Army and Navy1878 cyclery1886 jumble-shop1893 pig shop1896 Manchester department1905 lot1909 craft shop1911 garden centre1912 pet shop1927 sex shop1949 video store1949 quincaillerie1951 home centre1955 Army-Navy1965 cookshop1967 sound shop1972 bucket-shop1973 society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > other types of shop show shop1787 lock-up shop1795 cash-store1811 boat shop1813 slaughter shop1841 slaughterhouse1851 ticket-shop1851 charity shop1853 magic shop1853 company store1872 Army and Navy1878 five-and-ten1880 farthing-shop1889 funeral home1895 goodwill1916 shop-within-(a)-shop1916 cash and carry1917 Piggly Wiggly1917 poverty shop1948 discount house1949 anchor1960 box store1976 mom-and-pop1976 op shop1978 duty-free1980 pound shop1983 pop-up2000 1878 G. H. Lewes Let. 10 July in ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1956) VII. 38 It was at the Army and Navy we got our mats. 1957 J. I. M. Stewart Use of Riches i. 11 And what about the chain stores—the poor man's Army and Navy, the suburban housewife's Harrods? 1984 M. A. Jarman Dancing nightly in Tavern 10 Ironchild fled fueled on adrenalin and diet pills until tackled by an off-duty cop in the alley behind the Army & Navy. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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