| 单词 | king's pattern |
| 释义 | > as lemmasking's pattern king's pattern n. a style of cutlery having double and single representations of honeysuckle flowers and a scallop shell terminal, struck on both sides of a rounded, fiddle-shaped handle; (also) an item having this design.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΚΠ 1810 Morning Post 17 Aug. (advt.) A beautiful service of the King's pattern spoons, forks, &c. 1829 New Monthly Mag. 25 538 The rich and the elegant..are sure to attribute their right to the use of fiddle-headed king's pattern spoons..to their own indefeasible privileges and indisputable merits. 1841 Mag. Domest. Econ. Sept. 66 The effect upon a dinner table [of chased plate] is so much superior, that we can have no hesitation in recommending..the best, that is the king's pattern. 1975 Oak Leaves (Oak Park, Illinois) 3 Dec. 56/2 This is where she displays her specialities—King's Pattern silverware, brass oil lamps, and antique reproduction wooden tables. 2012 ‘Gentle Author’ Spitalfields Life 168/2 ‘It's a living,’ admitted John..while polishing his cherished stock of ‘shell and line’ and ‘king's pattern.’ < as lemmas |
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