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painted lady
[ peyn-tid ley-dee ]
noun
- a butterfly, Vanessa cardui, one of the most widespread butterflies in the world, having brownish-black and orange wings with four eyespots on each hindwing. Compare American painted lady ( def ).
- Often Painted Lady. a Victorian or Edwardian house painted in at least three colors to enhance the intricate exterior detailing:
Our painted lady is an 1868 Victorian with peach clapboards, periwinkle doors, and ornate features in white and pearl gray.
painted lady
noun
- a migratory nymphalid butterfly, Vanessa cardui, with pale brownish-red mottled wings
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Word History and Origins
Origin of painted lady1
First recorded in 1690–1700 painted lady for 1, 1975–80 painted lady for 2
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Example Sentences
Brebeuf, who wrote one hundred and fifty epigrams against a painted lady.
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The Painted Lady's lips were poisoned, so that a kiss was fatal.
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A painted Lady best fits a Captain; for so both may fight under their colours.
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The Painted Lady had never got any letters while she was in Thrums, but she looked wistfully at those of other people.
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Do you remember the long, lonely path between two ragged little dykes that led from the Den to the house of the Painted Lady?
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