| 单词 | busby wig |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbusby wig 1. A kind of large bushy wig. Also (more fully): busby wig. Cf. buzz-wig at buzz n.3 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > wig > types of > bushy busby1770 buzz-wig1798 bush-wig1805 1770 T. Bridges Burlesque Transl. Homer II. ix. 92 But I'm afraid we cannot get him A busby large enough to fit him. 1815 F. Newbery Donum Amicis 44 In long black gown, and Busby Wig, With eyes fierce scowling, swelling big, Exclaims the savage pedagogue;—‘That blockhead instantly I'll flog.’ 1828 J. T. Smith Nollekens & his Times I. vii. 178 Why don't you put a little more powder in your wig?.. That's what is called a Busby, an't it? 1882 Globe 24 July 2/1 This ‘Busby’, so often used colloquially when a large bushy wig is meant, most probably took its origin, not..from Dr. Busby, the famous head master of Westminster School, but from the wig denominated a ‘Buzz’, from being frizzled and bushy. 1938 W. Spies & B. de Zoete Dance & Drama in Bali iii. 128 There enter next four comic masks.., one hollow-eyed with a huge nose, another grey with a busby-wig, [etc.]. 2010 K. Bolton Circus 30 Rosalba is ready, bar her wig..—A Louis-the-fourteenth busby Of silver-blonde. < as lemmas |
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