| 单词 | jamette woman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjamette woman C1. General attributive and appositive (in sense 1) as jamette man, jamette woman, jamette culture, etc. Chiefly historical. ΚΠ 1912 Argos (Trinidad) 22 Feb. 4 Having their show cases dressed with samples of ‘diamettre’ men and women, and such like monstrosities. 1963 G. K. Lewis Puerto Rico: Freedom & Power in Caribbean xxiii. 545 It was the Trinidadian jamette class which kept alive the tradition of Carnival at a time when the Creole respectability rejected it. 1981 A. De Lima De Limas of Frederick St. 66 I was fascinated by the sexy Jamette band passing with their fluttering fans which injected a primitive urge to the Masquerade. 2002 G. Aching Masking & Power i. ii. 90 Winin', winding or gyrating and thrusting the pelvis in time to music, was originally associated with the jamet crowd. 2010 M. Munro Different Drummers ii. 99 There was nothing innately shocking or immoral about jamette culture. < as lemmas |
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