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tinselled, ppl. a. (ˈtɪnsəld) Also 6–7 tinceld. [In sense 1, app. representing F. étincelé: see tinsel n.3; in sense 2, mostly f. tinsel v.2 + -ed1.] 1. Made to sparkle or glitter with gold or silver thread, brocade, or embroidery. b. Embellished with gold or silver leaf.1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII, c. ...
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Tinsel print
These were sold in plain or hand-coloured and tinselled versions, and the plain versions were often tinselled at home. A wide range of supplies for home-tinselling were available, or pre-tinselled figures could be bought.
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tinselled
tinselled/-sld; -səld/, tinselly / -səlɪ; -slɪ/ adjs1 decorated with tinsel 饰有光片或金属线的.2 (derog 贬) superficially brilliant or glamorous 外表有光彩或有魅力的.
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gewgawed
gewgawed, ppl. a. (ˈgjuːgɔːd) [f. gewgaw + -ed2.] Dressed out or adorned with gewgaws.1871 Rossetti Last Confess. 387 Before some new Madonna gaily decked, Tinselled and gewgawed. 1879 W. Jones N. Test. Illustr. 705 We shall leave our gewgawed devotees to reconcile humiliation in worship with vanity...
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Peter Meutas
English observers reported he was wearing a frock of yellow velvet, cut and pulled out with white tinselled sarcenet.
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Edmund Simpson
noted resort was made up of flats and drops of the simplest construction, the properties were cheap, worn, and few in number, the costumes flimsy and tinselled
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tricked
tricked, ppl. a. (trɪkt) Also 7 trickt. [f. trick v. + -ed1.] a. Done or made by trickery. b. Artfully decked or adorned; dressed up.1549 Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Jas. 35 Not in subtill reasonynges..or tricked fyne termes of eloquence. a 1619 Fletcher, etc. Knt. Malta i. i, Thou trickt up toy. 18...
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clinquant
clinquant, a. and n. (ˈklɪŋkənt) Also 7 clinkant, -cquant, -ckant, -cant. [a. F. clinquant clinking, tinkling, pr. pple. of obs. vb. clinquer, a. Du. klinken to clink, ring. Found in 15th c. in or clinquant gold in thin plates, leaf-gold.] A. adj. Glittering with gold or silver, and hence with metal...
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Hegesias of Magnesia
Dionysius describes his composition as tinselled, ignoble and effeminate.
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nautch
nautch, n. (nɔːtʃ) Also nach, nách, nâch, natch. [a. Urdū (Hindī) nāch, Prakrit nachcha, Skr. nṛitya, dancing, acting, f. nṛit- to dance.] 1. An East Indian exhibition of dancing, performed by professional dancing-girls.α 1809 Broughton Lett. Mahratta Camp xvi. (1892) 142 You Europeans are apt to pi...
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Harold Monro
thousand thousand times Slain, but not once killed,
Swaggering again today
In the old contemptuous way;
Leaning backward from your thigh
Up against the tinselled
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tinsel
▪ I. tinsel, n.1 Chiefly north. and (from c 1400 only) Sc. (ˈtɪns(ə)l) Also 3 tinsil, 4 -ill, -elle, 4–7 -ell, 5–7 -ale, -all, 6 -aill; 4 tynsil, -yll, 4–6 -al(l, 4–7 -ell, 5–7 -el, 6 -ele; 5 tensale, -elle. [ME. tinsel, tynsel, etc., prob. ad. ON. *t{yacu}nsla, f. t{yacu}na (= ME. tin-en, tyn-en, t...
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Burning of Edinburgh
He was wearing a frock of yellow velvet, cut and pulled out with white tinselled sarcenet.
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Girls' Friendly Society
production was by the pageant master Louis N Parker, "The Quest", first produced at the Albert Hall in 1925, in which a girl has to choose between the "tinselled
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garnish
▪ I. garnish, n. (ˈgɑːnɪʃ) Forms: 5 garnyssh, -niche, -nes, 5–6 garnysche (-nysshe), -nesh, 6 garnesshe, -nyshe, -nishe, 5– garnish. [f. garnish v.1] † 1. A set of vessels for table use, esp. of pewter (see quot. 1587). Obs.1418 Bury Wills (Camden) 3 Item assigno eidem Ricardo..dimidium garnyssh de ...
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