单词 | marks and sparks |
释义 | Marks and Sparksn. colloquial. (A familiar name for) the merchandising company of Marks and Spencer plc; any of the stores owned by this firm. Frequently applied attributively to clothes or other goods sold by this firm. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > series of shops with one owner > one of > specific Monoprix1937 Woollies1939 Prisunic1957 Marks and Sparks1964 1951 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 4) Add. 1106/2 Marks, a Marks & Spencer store. 1953 (title) Sparks. The house magazine of Marks & Spencer Ltd.] 1964 Sunday Times 5 Apr. 41/5 In their Marks and Sparks' woollies and living in what looks like a remarkably nice housing estate, Topsy and Tim clearly stand in for classless society. 1971 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird xi. 141 I sat there in my Marks and Sparks knickers and brassière. 1992 ‘J. Gash’ Lies of Fair Ladies (1993) xiv. 101 I'd have got wet through if I hadn't sent her off for a taxi from outside Marks and Sparks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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