painted lady
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Noun
painted lady (plural painted ladies)
- Any of certain cryptic patterned butterflies of genus Vanessa (family Nymphalidae), especially Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..
- Synonym: (US) cosmopolite
- (botany) The painted trillium (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.), a forest wildflower of North America.
- (slang, dated or historical) A prostitute (in reference to their use of makeup).
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute
- 2011, Jan MacKell, Red Light Women of the Rocky Mountains, p. 348:
- In Cheyenne in 1883, a Dr. W.A. Wyan tried in vain to save painted lady Sallie Talbot.
- (US, architecture) A Victorian house repainted with vibrant colors to accentuate the architectural design, especially in San Francisco, California.
- 2006, Karen Zukowski, Creating the Artful Home, Gibbs Smith (→ISBN), page 80:
- An archetypal American streetscape is lined with Aesthetic movement houses: Stick Style cottages with muscular roof trusses and exposed timbering; many-colored painted ladies with gingerbread porches; […]
- 2006, Karen Zukowski, Creating the Artful Home, Gibbs Smith (→ISBN), page 80:
- The sea snail Phasianella australis.
Translations
butterfly
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Further reading
- Vanessa cardui on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- painted ladies on Wikipedia.Wikipedia