| 单词 | quaker colour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasQuaker colour Quaker colour n. (also Quaker's colour) a subdued colour; any of various drab or subdued colours; cf. sense 4. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [noun] > drab or dingy grey grey1664 Quaker colour1773 tattle-tale grey1943 1773 Particulars Mrs. Bendysh in J. Hughes Lett. J. Hughes et al. 169 Her highest dress being a plain silk, but it was usually of the richest sort, though, as far as I remember, of what is called a quaker's colour. 1776 Husband's Resentment I. iv. 32 I, on this Occasion, wore a Night Gown of pale Quaker Colour, that is a Sort of brown, over a white Silk Petticoat. 1894 Davenport (Iowa) Sunday Leader 15 Apr. 2/1 A very pretty gray, rather elaborate, has a broad stripe of the Quaker color closely lined with black. 2001 Northern Echo (Nexis) 31 Oct. 6 b We wore uniforms in Quaker colours and everything in our office had to be neat and tidy. < as lemmas |
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