单词 | bird's eye wipe |
释义 | > as lemmasbird's eye wipe b. spec. Designating a silk handkerchief or neckerchief with such a pattern worn as a piece of fashionable attire in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Frequently in bird's eye fogle, bird's eye wipe. Often associated with boxers of the era of bareknuckle bouts before the introduction of the Marquis of Queensberry rules (1867). Cf. sense B. 2b. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > head- or hair-band bird's eye1734 1734 Proc. Old Bailey 16 Jan. 69/1 The Window-shutters were put to, but not fastned. I pull'd 'em open, hoisted up the Sash, went in, took 5 Tea-spoons, a pair of Tea-tongs, and two silk Birds-eye Indian Handkerchiefs, and handed them out to the Prisoner, who stood at the Window to watch. 1789 G. Parker Life's Painter 136 I only napt a couple of bird's eye wipes, which I have just fenc'd to the Cove at that there Ken. 1828 N.-Y. Enquirer 15 Apr. 2/4 His birdseye fogle was tied to the rails by Col. Brim-Stone, his second. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Yellowplush Papers 22 He wore a white hat, a bird's-eye handkerchief, and a cut-away coat. 1924 Canton (Ohio) Daily News 5 July ii. 2/2 Tom Sayers..with a blue birds eye handkerchief around his waist. 1950 Evening Standard 24 Jan. 11/4 Put a blue bird's-eye scarf round Freddie's middle, and you have the reincarnation of a hip-and-thigh hero of the prize ring. < as lemmas |
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