| 单词 | redcoat guard | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasredcoat guard  C1.   General attributive, esp. with the sense of ‘wearing or characterized by a red coat’, as  redcoat bully,  redcoat guard,  redcoat soldier,  redcoat type, etc. ΚΠ 1649    Mercurius Philo-monarchius 14–21 May sig. B4v  				This must be smothered for fear of discouraging the red-coat rascality, designed for that destruction. 1678    S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt.  iii. ii. 100  				Some were for Gospel-Ministers, And some for Red-Coat Seculars. 1682    N. O. tr.  N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin i. 5  				Accoutred thus, with Red-coat Soldiers pace Haughty she march't to find the Prelates Grace. 1773    Gentleman's Mag. 43 572  				The field with red-coat bullies glow'd, Who cut each other's throats. 1776    Battle of Brooklyn  i. i  				You have no doubt, my Lord, of splitting, and roasting, and pickling these red coat fellows. 1828    W. Cobbett Treat. Cobbett's Corn xi. §182  				The sixpence..a-day that I received during the time that I wore a red coat, and from which red-coat service I obtained my discharge. 1843    T. Carlyle Past & Present  iv. iii. 353  				One sees..‘United Services’ quite other than the redcoat one. 1895    Daily News 25 June 3/3  				His Highness..inspected the Redcoat guard of honour. 1906    Westm. Gaz. 6 Sept. 2/1  				The British markets want large, bright apples, preferably of the red-coat type. 1958    Mil. Affairs 22 31/2  				It was no ‘Redcoat’ outfit, for its troops were clothed in the dark green jackets, black trousers, and black-cloth headgear. 1967    Times 7 June 8/4  				Obedient trippers engage in non-stop bingo and Glamorous Grannie competitions under the supervision of red-coat officials. 2004    J. Ferling Adams vs. Jefferson x. 146  				Republicans excoriated the Federalists for seldom mentioning the War of Independence or recalling the wartime destruction sown by Britain's redcoat armies. < as lemmas  | 
	
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