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单词 people of fashion
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people of fashion
a. Used in phrases denoting a group or community of people identified as belonging together by reason of certain shared origins, attributes, attitudes, or beliefs, as †people of condition, people of fashion, people of quality, people of rank, etc.See also people of colour at colour n.1 Phrases 11.
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1667 S. Pepys Diary 10 Apr. (1974) VIII. 160 No more people of condition willing to live there.
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 148 Freely..eaten by People of Quality.
1760 C. Lennox Lady's Museum No. 1. 18 Meer common judges..allowed her person to be agreeable; people of discernment and taste pronounced her something more.
1799 T. Jefferson Let. 5 Feb. in Papers (2004) XXXI. 9 Rigaud at the head of the people of colour [of Haiti] maintains his allegiance [to France].
1801 Port Folio 23 May 163/3 The Americans..call the blacks, as well as their tawny offspring, people of colour.
1859 A. H. Clough tr. Plutarch Lives II. 17 The sight of all this made the people of good repute in the city feel disgust and abhorrence.
1938 Life 4 Apr. 65 (advt.) People of Taste say this new Kroehler living room furniture is the smartest and most satisfying they have ever seen.
1994 This Mag. (Toronto) Nov. 21/2 ARA..came under criticism from many people of colour who were concerned that head-to-head tactics might stir up Nazi violence.
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