Piccadilly butcher

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A member of the regiment of Horse Guards, or "Royal Blues". UK,derogatory,obsolete,slang
    — The mob in the meantime holloaed out, "No Corn Bill!" While they were proceeding in this manner, a cry was raised that "the Piccadilly butchers were coming."

词形变化

Piccadilly butchers plural

词源

In reference to their savage onslaught upon the crowd on the occasion of the arrest of Sir Francis Burdett at his house in Piccadilly.
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