| 单词 | pearly queen |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspearly queen pearly queen n. British a London Cockney woman street trader wearing traditional ceremonial clothes covered with pearl buttons; cf. pearly king n. ΚΠ 1913 Times 24 June 6/1 A large class of costers' donkeys caused great amusement, and Lord Lonsdale took a ‘pearly Queen’ for a partner in an exhibition of step-dancing which was given. 1967 E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage ii. 41 Most pearly kings and queens design and make their own costumes, the decoration being made up entirely of pearl buttons sewn on the fabric of the suit or dress. 1993 J. Trollope Rector's Wife (BNC) 100 She had landed three lines in a television commercial for an Irish stout, dressed as a pearly queen. < as lemmas |
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