单词 | solid sender |
释义 | > as lemmassolid sender d. One who or that which moves or enthrals, esp. a popular musician. Also in solid sender (cf. solid adj. 20). Cf. send v.1 2c slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > pop musician poppite1895 pop star1922 sender1935 popster1963 the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [noun] > thrill of > thing or person causing > esp. in popular entertainment heartthrob1929 sender1935 1935 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 38/1 None of these plates will be senders. 1935 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 71/3 Hot artists or bands that can put across their licks successfully are ‘senders’. 1938 Metronome Apr. 26/2 A really solid sender is the third record from the right in my collection. 1938 Amer. Speech 13 314/2 Sender, one who is extremely well-dressed or witty. 1954 L. Armstrong Satchmo viii. 126 Life can be such a drag one minute and a solid sender the next. 1960 Spectator 7 Oct. 523 Fabian, the teenagers' sender, indistinguishable from Cliff Richards. 1978 G. Vidal Kalki vi. 147 Arlene was addicted to the slang of her youth. ‘A solid sender!’ she added, nicely dating herself to World War II during which she entertained the troops. < as lemmas |
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