| 单词 | wedding favour |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswedding favour b. A ribbon, cockade, or the like, worn at a ceremony, e.g. a bride's favour, coronation favour, wedding favour, in evidence of goodwill; also, a similar decoration worn as a party-badge. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > badge > types of badge favoura1616 field mark1653 cockade1709 star1830 button1837 pin1848 brassard1870 patch1884 shoulder patch1947 badging1983 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. vii. 151 Here Fluellen, weare thou this fauour for me, and sticke it in thy Cappe. View more context for this quotation 1667 S. Pepys Diary 20 Feb. (1974) VIII. 73 Observing Sir W. Penn's carrying a favour to Sir W. Coventry for his daughter's wedding. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxx. 250 I will send you..the Bride's Favour. 1702 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) V. 166 The motto of the coronation favours was, God has sent our hearts content. 1741 H. Walpole Corr. (ed. 3) I. ix. 27 The city shops are full of favours. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 206 A bride's favour..he now wore in his cap. 1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 34 Choice of jackets, hats, and favors. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany xi. 183 He wears in his button-hole a favour of blue, green, and white ribbons. < as lemmas |
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