| 单词 | spitalfield breakfast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSpitalfield(s) breakfast Used attributively (sometimes in the form Spitalfield): (a) in Spitalfield(s) breakfast, Spitalfield(s) weaver (see quots.); (b) applied to silk and velvet made up in Spitalfields into furnishings, etc., or to the weavers (originally Huguenot refugees) involved in this trade. Occasionally absol. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > from specific place armozeen1525 Granado silk1582 elatchac1613 bellandine1721 Chambéry gauze1786 Spitalfields1812 moff1851 Mogador1866 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [adjective] > weaving > types of > one who Spitalfields1812 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [adjective] > other pelong1687 zephyrine1819 pongee1830 chiné1841 shot-silk1850 crystalline1860 Henan1880 frisé1884 Spitalfields1894 Jap1895 météor1909 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 120 Spital-fields with real India vies... Old calico, torn silk, and muslin new. 1819 M. Edgeworth Let. 24 Mar. (1971) 185 Mr. Buxton very plain sense and admirable facts about Newgate and Spitalfield weavers and all that. 1861 C. M. Yonge Young Step-mother iii. 26 He was..of the Protestant French sort, that..ran away from the Sicilian vespers, or the Edict of Nantes, I don't remember which; only the Spitalfields weavers have something to do with it. 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Spitalfield's breakfast, at the East end of London this is understood as consisting of a tight necktie and a short pipe. 1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland I. 81 This for [i.e. Trachinus draco], not T. vipera, are sold in Whitechapel as food, and are said to be known as Spitalfield weavers. 1894 Country Gentleman's Catal. 155/2 Umbrellas..very best Spitalfields twill silk. 1952 ‘M. Cost’ Hour Awaits 89 The small red drawing-room, its damask hangings of Spitalfields silk. 1955 R. Fastnedge Eng. Furnit. Styles iii. 86 Queen Anne's state bed, at Hampton Court, is hung, with Spitalfields velvet, patterned in rich colours on a cream ground. 1972 P. Rogers Grub St. ii. 115 Such persistant troublemakers as the Spitalfields weavers. 1976 T. Jeal Until Colours Fade ii. 30 The Red Drawing Room..its walls were lined with faded crimson Spitalfield's silk. 1980 J. Rose Elizabeth Fry iv. 68 The Spitalfields weavers, thrown out of work by the powerlooms. < as lemmas |
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