| 单词 | quaker-coloured |
| 释义 | > as lemmasQuaker-coloured Quaker-coloured adj. of a Quaker colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > drab or dingy grey Quaker-coloured?1757 prison-grey1882 ?1757 Mem. B—— Tracey 144 All he could remember, was, that she had on a Quaker coloured Stuff, or Camlet Gown, which it is possible might be the Dress of all the Maid-Servants in the Family. 1820 J. Keats Let. 28 Jan. (1958) II. 247 Your mother's old quaker-colour'd Cat. 1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. xiii. 198 Mother said they [sc. the birds] reminded her of me—busy, quaker-colored creatures, always near the shore. 1954 G. E. Linton Mod. Textile Dict. 518/2 Quaker Colored, gray or neutral and inconspicuous in cloth and apparel. < as lemmas |
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