ginger-hackledとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Originally used to describe a certain colour or colours in gamecocks. See hackle.

形容詞

ginger-hackled (not comparable)

1. (slang, obsolete) Having reddish or flaxen hair.
   • 1865, William Harrison Ainsworth, Jack Sheppard: A Romance (page 113)

     Speak lower. Somebody may be on the watch — perhaps that old ginger-hackled Jew.

   • 2014, Jo Ann Brown, A Bride for the Baron (page 39)

     “Lord Meriweather!” came a shout from the hallway. A ginger-hackled footman careened to a stop by the open door.

参照

• 1785, Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: "red haired".
• 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary: "having flaxen, light yellow hair".