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单词 red-tabbed
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red-tabbed
red-tabbed adj. British Army wearing a red tab (tab n.1 2d) or gorget patch; esp. designating a senior or staff Army officer.
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1901 F. E. Fremantle Impressions Doctor in Khaki xii. 274 With the help of a red-tabbed Major, we passed our four wounded..on to the Australian ambulance.
1948 W. Fortescue Beauty for Ashes xxvii. 207 I accosted a red-tabbed English officer who directed me to it at once.
1977 J. Cleary High Road to China iv. 107 Johnny Silversmith, red-faced and red-tabbed, came to our table.
1990 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army x. 105 In Flanders regimental officers in the trenches cursed staff officers as red-tabbed asses heedlessly sending men to their death.
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