单词 | kilty |
释义 | kiltyn. colloquial. One who wears a kilt; esp. a nickname for a Highland soldier. Also, attributive and as adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun] spahi1562 legionnaire1595 strelitz1603 Croat1623 deli1667 Croatian1700 lancer1712 highlander1725 lambs1744 royals1762 light-bob1778 fly-slicer1785 Life Guardsman1785 royals?1795 Hottentot1796 yeoman1798 pandour1800 Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811 forty-two man1816 kilty1842 Zouave1848 bumblerc1850 Inniskilliner1853 blue cap1857 turco1860 Zou-Zou1860 mudlark1878 king's man1883 Johnny1888 Piffer1892 evzone1897 horse gunner1897 dink1906 army ranger1910 grognard1912 Jock1914 chocolate soldier1915 Cook's tourist1915 dinkum1916 Anzaca1918 choc1917 ranger1942 Chindit1943 Desert Rat1944 Green Beret1949 1842 D. Vedder Poems 112 In double quick time did the kilties career. 1900 S. R. Crockett Little Anna Mark xii. 103 Yon's nae lassie! Yon's a kiltie lad. 1902 J. Milne Epist. Atkins xi. 208 A second Gordon communicates the views of a second Boer also upon the Gordon men. ‘The “kilties” are devils to fight.’ 1904 Daily Chron. 26 Sept. 9/3 ‘The Kilties’ may be said to represent Canada by being Scotch. 1906 Daily Chron. 6 Aug. 3/6 A picturesque touch..is given to the town by the presence of the ‘kilties’ and other regiments of soldiers. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 18 Oct. 3/7 (advt.) St. Margaret Kiltie Dresses for girls 2 to 10 years, in navy, brown, saxe and green, [etc.]. 1927 Scots Observer 14 May 16/4 The Kilty piping for money. 1927 H. A. Vachell Dew of Sea & Other Stories 261 She..assured him..that he was the ‘kiltiest’ boy she had ever met. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842 |
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