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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POKE BONNET»
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Small Girl in
Poke Bonnet Carrying May Blossoms
2
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
A poke-bonnet: coll. verging on S.E.: from ca. 1840. Hood, ca. 1845, 'That bonnet
we call a poke' (OED). —7. A fish's stomach: coil. and dial; 1773 (Barrington: OED
).-—8. Money: circus s., or perhaps genuine Parlyaree: C.20. (E. Seago, Circus ...
Veiled silk poke bonnet. e. Straw coalscuttle bonnet. f. Shortened poke bonnet. g.
Lengthened poke bonnet. h. Silk conversation hat. brim turned back. i. Gypsy
straw bonnet with face veil. j. Pleated turban. k. Tall hat with dark velvet crown.
light ...
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
Ex the corresponding v. 3. An act of sexual intercourse: low coll: C.19–20. Ex
sense 2 and v. 4. Hence, a mistress, permanent or temporary. A good, a bad
poke: a woman sexually expert or clumsy (or cold). Low: C.19–20. 5. A poke-
bonnet: coll ...
5
The Chronicle of Hats in Enjoyable Quotes: History of ...
The size of the poke bonnet increased in 1830, and the fashion trend down sized
by 1860's and brought the era of the poke bonnet to an end. An interesting article
was written in Arthur's Home Magazine. It talks of the conflict that many women ...
6
White Bear Clan Black Thorn
A moment later, a middle-aged woman in a poke bonnet came around from the
side of the house where she had been poking a broomstick into a tub of clothes
steaming over a small fire. Suddenly Thorn snapped out of his apathy and his ...
7
Hatatorium: An Essential Guide for Hat Collectors
The dish hat, introduced by Dior in 1947, has a similar cup or crown that sits
underneath the all-encompassing brim. Poke bonnet -- a 18th - 19th century
bonnet with a protruding brim forming an arch around the face. The Metropolitan
Museum ...
Brenda Grantland & Mary Robak
8
Domesticity with a difference
(47 [Oct. 1853]: 369). The poke bonnet of Hale's example is an apt referent for her
argument that fashion signified in multiple and contradictory ways. Seen from the
side, its elongated and face-encircling brim protected women from the sunlight ...
9
The Head of the House of Coombe: Easyread Large Bold Edition
“I am having my hair done to match that quakery thin pale mousey dress with the
tiny poke bonnet – and I want to try my face too. I must look sweet and demure.
You mustn't really laugh when you wear a dress and hat like that. You must only ...
Frances Hodgson Burnett, 2008
10
Fashionable Food: Seven Decades of Food Fads
The poke bonnet or sunbonnet worn by old-time farm women was one symbol of
the good old days that Americans were understandably yearning for in the
Thirties. The canned pear poke bonnet salad was one manifestation of this. ln
l933 ...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POKE BONNET»
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Exclusive excerpt: 'A School for Brides' by Patrice Kindl
The Honorable Miss Crump , whose overpowering shyness demanded that she wear both indoors and out an enormous poke bonnet shaped ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
Royal Ascot Ladies' Day brings out the flowerlike frocks
... of narrow Valenciennes lace and a pale blue poke bonnet with ribbons and little rosettes of pale pink. It was a thousand pities that the clouds ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
How to Celebrate Flag Day, Through the Years
You spend 50 percent of 1976 wearing a poke bonnet. Your siblings bust a gut laughing when they see the poster again, and don't spare your ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
30 Legendary Literary Mean Girls We Love to Hate
“Laura, your poke bonnet is just utterly too-too!” says spoiled girl Nellie Oleson, which is totally a backhanded compliment for prairie girls, didn't ... «Flavorwire, Jan 15»
Erica Wilson, 'America's first lady of stitchery,' dies at 83
As a child, she became interested in needlepoint and kept a sampler — wool on organdy of a woman wearing an old-fashioned poke bonnet ... «Washington Post, Dec 11»
His creative confections earned Halifax the title of Toffee Town. In …
In her poke bonnet, Miss Sweetly is coyly depicted tempting Major Quality with a tin of the newly-launched sweets. "Sweets to the sweet, Miss ... «Halifax Evening Courier, May 08»
Lacock stars in BBC period drama
A young woman emerged dressed in long cloak and poke bonnet to be greeted by two middle-aged women similarly garbed. They greeted one ... «Gazette & Herald, Nov 07»
