| 单词 | tinsel-clad |
| 释义 | > as lemmastinsel-clad C1. attributive and in other combinations, as tinsel-foil, tinsel-lace, tinsel-maker; tinsel-clad, tinsel-covered, tinsel-paned, tinsel-slippered adjs.; similative, as tinsel-pink, tinsel-violet. Π 1575 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1860) II. 159 One dublite of crimsine satten and one tynsell paned. 1637 J. Milton Comus 30 Thetis tinsel-slipperd feet. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 189 Waxen tapers, Smarten'd with tinsel-foil and tinted papers. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Tinsel lace-maker, a maker of imitation gold or silver lace. 1897 Daily News 24 Feb. 5/2 Naked or tinsel-clad savages. 1906 Daily Chron. 27 Jan. 3/2 Description of a tinsel-maker in Delhi. 1920 E. Sitwell Wooden Pegasus 49 As I, a puppet tinsel-pink, Leap on my springs. 1956 D. Barnham One Man's Window vi. 67 The hills are tinsel-violet with distance, encrusted with the Valetta buildings and almost encircled by the blue waters of Grand Harbour. < as lemmas |
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