单词 | sweet-and-twenty |
释义 | > as lemmassweet-and-twenty sweet-and-twenty n. a Shakespearean phrase (see twenty adj. 2), misunderstood by later writers to mean ‘a sweet girl of twenty years old’. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun] daughterOE maidenOE young womanOE mayc1175 burdc1225 maidc1275 wenchc1290 file1303 virginc1330 girla1375 damselc1380 young ladya1393 jilla1425 juvenclec1430 young person1438 domicellea1464 quean1488 trull1525 pulleta1533 Tib1533 kittyc1560 dell1567 gillian1573 nymph1584 winklota1586 frotion1587 yuffrouw1589 pigeon1592 tit1599 nannicock1600 muggle1608 gixy1611 infanta1611 dilla1627 tittiea1628 whimsy1631 ladykin1632 stammel1639 moggie1648 zitellaa1660 baggagea1668 miss1668 baby1684 burdie1718 demoiselle1720 queanie?1800 intombi1809 muchacha1811 jilt1816 titter1819 ragazza1827 gouge1828 craft1829 meisie1838 sheila1839 sixteenc1840 chica1843 femme1846 muffin1854 gel1857 quail1859 kitten1870 bud1880 fräulein1883 sub-debutante1887 sweet-and-twenty1887 flapper1888 jelly1889 queen1894 chick1899 pusher1902 bit of fluff1903 chicklet1905 twist and twirl1905 twist1906 head1913 sub-deb1916 tabby1916 mouse1917 tittie1918 chickie1919 wren1920 bim1922 nifty1923 quiff1923 wimp1923 bride1924 job1927 junior miss1927 hag1932 tab1932 sort1933 palone1934 brush1941 knitting1943 teenybopper1966 weeny-bopper1972 Valley Girl1982 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 50 Then come kisse me sweet and twentie . View more context for this quotation 1887 J. Ashby-Sterry Lazy Minstrel (1892) 76 I love the eyes of peerless blue, And nameless grace of Sweet-and-Twenty! 1901 G. K. Menzies Prov. Sk. (1902) 48 When one's special sweet-and-twenty Is enshrined in one's Canader on the Cher. < as lemmas |
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