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06:05 Jun 29, 2015 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Art/Literary - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Tony M France Local time: 19:12 | ||||||
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4 +8 | woman who seeks out designer-label clothing etc. |
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woman who seeks out designer-label clothing etc. Explanation: (or '...is addicted to...'!) The use of the specific name 'Mabel' is not meaningful, but this type of rhyming doublet is common in EN idioms, cf. expressions like 'trolley dolly' (= an air-hostess) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 heures (2015-06-29 08:37:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Do note that I only said 'woman' because of the use of the woman's name 'Mabel' — the sexist assumption that this might only apply to women may or may not have been the authoor's deliberate intention. |
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