单词 | to take the blue ribbon |
释义 | > as lemmasto take the blue ribbon 3. Originally U.S. A blue ribbon worn as a sign that a person has taken a pledge of temperance, or that he or she belongs to a temperance movement. Also in to take the blue ribbon: to take a pledge of temperance; to join a temperance movement. Frequently attributive (cf. Blue Ribbon Army n. at Compounds). Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [noun] > total abstinence > total abstinence society > sign of blue ribbon1843 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > totally abstain from alcohol abstain1784 to put (also keep) in the pin1827 to take (also sign, keep) the pledge1833 teetotal1883 to take the blue ribbon1884 teetotalize1898 1843 Jrnl. Amer. Temperance Union Aug. 124/1 The Washingtonian Temperance Society moves in procession, all wearing the appropriate badge of the Society, a plain blue ribbon. 1878 Sunday School Chron. 3 May 228/3 Thus the population of Great Barrington is 4,320, while there are 2,100 blue-ribbon men. 1884 Graphic 9 Aug. 134/2 At an hotel it might be supposed that most people have taken the Blue Ribbon. 1907 Life & Light for Woman Mar. 109 One after another came up, spoke his or her testimony and took the blue ribbon. 1979 E. West Saloon on Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier vi. 136 The Murphy ‘blue ribbon’ movement also stressed the voluntary reformation of drinkers. 2003 J. S. Blocker et al. Alcohol & Temperance in Mod. Hist 107/2 By the mid-1880s, millions had taken the temperance pledge and donned the blue ribbon. < as lemmas |
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