单词 | busby |
例句 | And the same click in the brain told Adam that his father was not a great man, that he was, indeed, a very strong-willed and concentrated little man wearing a huge busby. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Every time she ate the head off one soldier, another grew up in its place, with a green military coat and a yellow busby. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z They were wearing their hallmark red jackets and furry black bearskin hats known as busbies. Discus or Hurdles---They're Really Not That Different 2012-08-08T02:13:27Z The scarlet of the massed bands of the Brigade of Guards and the bearskins of their busbies stood out boldly against this soft colour and hard white of the choir. 1948 Olympics: King George attends opening ceremony of Austerity Olympics 2012-07-27T09:30:00Z The worst coloured skins are dyed black or brown and are used for British military busbies, or caps, stoles, boas, muffs and coachmen’s capes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The regulation scarlet facings and helmet of the Royal Artillery had been substituted for the white facings and busby previously worn. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z His clothes, the tall stiff plume in the front of his busby, the long boots under his gaudy, ample Hussar's pelisse, with the crape band, did not become him. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z Unhappily, my own pistol was badly aimed, and did no more damage than to blow the feather from the busby of the ruffian who now confronted me. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z All wear on their heads hairy busbies about the size of a bushel measure. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z His busby had fallen off; the moon shone mildly on his pale, convulsed face, and foam and strange inhuman sounds came from his lips. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z These monuments looked very heavy and difficult to maintain in equilibrium, and the ladies wearing them walked like grenadiers in busbies. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z But what pleased him more than all those things was a gun made of wood, and a hunting hanger, of wood also, and silvered over; also a beautiful hussar's busby and a sabretasche. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. A panel in the wainscotting of the lower dancing-room flew open as if by magic, and out jumped a jaunty little trumpeter with a slashed and decorated jacket and the busby of a hussar. Famous Firesides of French Canada A tinder box—a busby of the Guard— An ancient musket—No! it isn't loaded! L'Aiglon The scarves and busbies and uniforms and desperate paroxysms of drumming are somewhat comical to strangers, but the people looked earnest, and as if engaged in serious business. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Woolly busbies is all very well, but they don’t look soldierly. Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills The skins were exported to Prussia, to make busbies for the soldiers, while the bodies were sent to Hull market. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter They wouldn’t want any clothes, and there they are with their busbies a-growing already on their heads. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy Puts on the busby, which is standing on the console, and shoulders the musket. L'Aiglon And so, it is ebb-time, they turn, the eyes beneath the busbies are gone. Bay A Book of Poems If we had thought of it sooner, I could have cut out and made the busbies.” Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills “Are you going by the Serapis?” asked a gentleman sitting opposite Crawley, seeing cabin painted on his busby case in the net overhead. Dr. Jolliffe's Boys Possibly the original sense of a "busby wig" came from association with Dr Busby of Westminster; but it is also derived from "buzz", in the phrase "buzz wig". Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" "As far as the eye could reach," says one who describes the fight from the French ranks, "nothing was to be seen but cuirasses, helmets, busbies, sabres and lances, and glittering lines of bayonets." Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes It was so unexpected and sounded so queer, withal, that, for a moment, I hesitated; then I took a fresh grip on my busby and followed the King. The Colonel of the Red Huzzars I’m on’y a thin un, and there’s plenty o’ spare stuff in this skin coat to spare for a couple o’ woolly busbies as ’ll suit us for this journey far better than ’elmets. Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills Phillida removed her hat, and her bobbed hair went all round her head like a brown busby. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-28 The word "busby" is also used colloquially to denote the tall bear-and-raccoon-skin "caps" worn by foot-guards and fusiliers, and the full dress feather bonnet of Highland infantry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The sharp-eyed wearer of the big busby, the cavalry sword, and red jack-boots turns up early next morning. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama I did not need it to know that I was clad in scarlet and gold, with a black, fur-bound dohlman over one shoulder and a tall black busby on my head. The Colonel of the Red Huzzars There was a roar from the ditches, and a shout from the gunners, and we saw a rolling grey cloud before us, with a score of busbies breaking through the shadow. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales The Guards, it is stated, are to revert to the pre-war scarlet tunic and busby. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-28 Cylindrical busbies were formerly worn by the artillery engineers and rifles, but these are now obsolete in the regular army, though still worn by some territorial and colonial troops of these arms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Dancing attendance upon him is a smart-looking little fellow in a sheepskin busby almost as bulky in proportion as his whole body, and which renders his appearance grotesque in the extreme. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama A thousand horses strained at their bridles while their thousand riders in great fur busbies loomed up almost like giants. In the Claws of the German Eagle Tossing away his cigarette and tightening the chin-strap of his busby, he trotted out in front of his men. Fighting in Flanders My faith, we were so excited that he laid his helmet down beside him and I my busby. The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard Without changing his trousers he put on his riding boots and spurs, which with the busby and cloak, a pair of white kid gloves, and a small blond moustache completed his disguise. L.P.M. : the end of the Great War All three have purchased new Asterabad hats, big black busbies much prized by Persians from beyond the mountains. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama The ordinary infantry uniform consists of a dark-blue tunic and trousers with red facings, and a high astrachan busby with the brass badge of the lion and sun. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán At the side the light from the hut struck upon the heads of two beautiful horses, and upon the heavy red-toupeed busbies of the hussars who stood at their heads. Uncle Bernac A Memory of the Empire It was about the size of my busby—large enough to hold several pounds of powder. The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard He took off his busby, and handed it to Fred, unpinned the long military cloak, unbuckled his sword, turned down the collar of his evening coat, and "Richard was himself again." L.P.M. : the end of the Great War Some of these good people are wearing turbans the size of a bandbox; others wear enormous sheep-skin busbies. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama At the sight of their busbies, the Bavarian infantry recoiled in fear. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot He had a handsome face, pale and clear-cut, with a bristling moustache, which cut across the brass chin-chain of his busby. Uncle Bernac A Memory of the Empire If he had asked me to take his place upon the imperial throne I could only have nodded my busby. The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard The tyrant who wears a busby or a forage cap is abominable; the tyrant who wears a horsehair wig is excusable. Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays Most of these busbies are black or brown, but some affect a mixture of black and white, a piebald affair that looks very striking and peculiar. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama A little more, and they would ask our busbies and our spurs! The Adventures of Gerard So I raised my hand to my busby and turned upon my heel, my heart glowing at the thought of the great exploit which lay before me. The Adventures of Gerard He examined my own uniform with as much curiosity as a child, admiring the plume of my busby, and passing his fingers through the sable with which my dolman was trimmed. The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard For myself, my busby was shot away and I had two holes through my dolman. The Adventures of Gerard A number of tall, angular figures stemming the turbid stream in the elegant costumes of our first parents, but wearing Khorassani busbies or Beerjand turbans, makes a bizarre and striking picture. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama As to my busby, there are many such in the German service, and there was no reason why it should attract attention. The Adventures of Gerard When I reached the roofless house in which we had held the consultation the night before, I threw off my gown and I put on the busby and sabre which I had left there. The Adventures of Gerard The bullet scored its way through my hair and burst a hole on each side of my busby. The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard I laid aside my busby and drew my sword. The Adventures of Gerard I tied the girdle of my gown, and taking off my busby, I drew the cowl over my head. The Adventures of Gerard |
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