单词 | unliveried |
释义 | unliveriedadj. Not dressed in or wearing a livery. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for specific people > wearing uniform > types of > not unliveried1787 1787 Olla Podrida 17 Mar. 5 Entertained with nothing but anecdotes of the beau monde, gleaned from waiters and unliveried gentlemen, or the scurrilities of an insolent buffoon. 1823 H. Ravelin Lucubrations 303 A train of liveried and unliveried domestics. 1876 Dame Europa's Court No. 7. 317 John Thomas, who, unliveried, drove his wife in an open phaeton up the winding avenue that led to their suburban residence. 1922 F. H. Burnett in Nash's & Pall Mall Mag. June 279 When he crossed the threshold he confronted the elderly unliveried man who had stood at his place for years. 1962 E. S. Turner What Butler Saw xi. 166 Akin in status to the butler was the groom of the chambers, an unliveried servant found only in houses with a profusion of public rooms. 2005 Shakespeare Q. 56 261 These were not unliveried minstrels or hapless jugglers stumbling down muddy lanes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1787 |
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