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单词 to have a green bonnet
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to have (also take, wear) a green bonnet
P1. to have (also take, wear) a green bonnet: to have failed in business; to be or become bankrupt. Obsolete (historical in later use). [After French porter le bonnet vert (1627 in the source translated in quot. 1653), prendre le bonnet vert (1694) to go bankrupt. Compare Middle French, French bonnet vert cap worn by a person who has become bankrupt (1582).]
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1653 J. Davies tr. C. Sorel Extravagant Shepherd 14 Those which are defeated in a business, wear the green Bonnet [Fr. portent le bonnet vert].
1839 C. Scott Thoughts on Govt. Canadas 118 Roman and French debtors did not like this kind of precaution. The latter, it seems, chose rather to run the risk of wearing the green bonnet!
1870 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable 104/2 He has a green bonnet. Has failed in trade. In France it used to be customary, even in the seventeenth century, for bankrupts to wear a green bonnet (cloth cap).
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