painted lady
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.
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.
Origin of painted lady
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How to use painted lady in a sentence
Brebeuf, who wrote one hundred and fifty epigrams against a painted lady.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) | Isaac D'IsraeliThe painted lady's lips were poisoned, so that a kiss was fatal.
The Art of Public Speaking | Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg EsenweinA painted lady best fits a Captain; for so both may fight under their colours.
The Works of John Marston | John MarstonThe painted lady had never got any letters while she was in Thrums, but she looked wistfully at those of other people.
Tommy and Grizel | J.M. BarrieDo you remember the long, lonely path between two ragged little dykes that led from the Den to the house of the painted lady?
Tommy and Grizel | J.M. Barrie
British Dictionary definitions for painted lady
a migratory nymphalid butterfly, Vanessa cardui, with pale brownish-red mottled wings
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