单词 | to pull wigs |
释义 | > as lemmasto pull wigs P2. to pull caps: to quarrel or struggle, esp. in a noisy or undignified manner; to contend for. Similarly to pull wigs. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel [verb (intransitive)] > in undignified manner to pull caps1701 to pull wigs1701 1701 S. Hill Rights, Liberties, & Authorities Christian Church vi. 108 For fear the poor distracted Bishops and Priest should..mutiny and pull Caps about Methods. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 99 Oh, he was such a beauty!..they would pull caps for him! 1778 F. Burney Evelina III. xviii. 207 If either of you have any inclination to pull caps for the title of Miss Belmont, you must do it with all speed. 1806 ‘P. Pindar’ Tristia 162 Seven cities of the Grecian world Pull'd wigs, pull'd caps. 1823 J. Simpson Ricardo the Outlaw II. 183 A man..for whom half the females of Paris were pulling caps. 1863 G. O. Trevelyan in Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 124/2 Twelve halls of justice might be provided—for the worst of which the judges at Westminster would pull wigs. 1882 C. M. Yonge Unknown to Hist. II. xxiii. 4 Well! we will not pull caps for him just yet. 1904 Evening Herald (Syracuse, N.Y.) 6 Jan. 5/3 Theatrical managers are pulling caps for her, and she can command a salary which a respectable woman might work for half a lifetime without being able to attain. < as lemmas |
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