单词 | peaky blinder |
释义 | > as lemmaspeaky blinder peaky blinder n. British (now historical) a member of a group of hooligans active in the Birmingham area in the late 1890s, distinguished by wearing a peaked cap pulled down over the forehead to hide the face. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > person > distinguished by specific item of clothing peaky blinder1890 leather-jacket1959 1890 Aberdeen Weekly Jrnl. 16 Apr. 3/5 A young man named Eastwood was murderously assaulted by a number of members of a gang known as the Small Heath ‘Peaky Blinders’. 1896 Birmingham Daily Argus 17 Nov. 2/3 Is there..any Volunteer officer who will come down and captain a company of budding ‘peaky blinders’? 1898 Daily News 22 Oct. 2/5 The woman..saw the two ‘peaky blinders’ leaving on Thursday morning. 1971 B. Sleigh Smell of Privet x. 82 A mission in..Birmingham which took in some of the notorious Peaky Blinders. 1999 D. Haslam Manchester, Eng. ii. 48 In other cities at the time other groups of aggressive working-class lads were labelled, like the London ‘hooligans’ or the ‘peaky blinders’ of Birmingham. < as lemmas |
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