| 单词 | ace of spades |
| 释义 | > as lemmasace of spades ace of spades n. slang a widow, esp. one wearing mourning weeds. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow widowOE lavec1325 widow woman1340 relictc1460 widow lady1525 widowess1596 maid-widow1655 feme sole1714 veuve1766 ace of spades1811 sod widow1927 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum (at cited word) Ace of Spades, a widow. 1868 Nation 3 Sept. 190/1 The ‘autum cackler’, being bereaved of her husband, becomes ‘an ace of spades’—that being what a widow is styled in the slang dictionary. 1961 E. Linington Ace of Spades (1963) xv. 184 Ace of Spades—a widow, that was what they called a widow, these low-class crooks. 2004 E. Conlon Blue Blood viii. 287 It shows the same kind of wit to refer to pride as ‘starch’, watered-down liquor as ‘baptized’, or a black-clad widow as the ‘ace of spades’. < as lemmas |
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