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Alexandra limp

Alexandra limp noun: a limping gait affected by fashionable women in imitation of the then Princess of Wales who had some trouble with a knee.

Noun

Alexandra limp (plural Alexandra limps)

  1. A limping gait affected by fashionable women in imitation of the then Princess of Wales who had some trouble with a knee.
    • A monstrosity has made itself visible among the female promenaders in Princes Street, viz., “the Alexandra limp!” […] Indeed, one decent woman expressed her pity in an audible “Puir things!” as she passed, but I was enlightened by hearing a pretty girl exclaim to her companion, “Why that’s the...1869 December 9, “The Ladies of Edinburgh and the Alexandra Limp”, in The Dundee Courier & Argus, number 5103, Dundee, page [4], column 2
    • They knew nothing of boots tapered where the foot was broadest, of high heels, which threw the body off its balance, and of “Alexandra limps.”1875 November, “Mr. Frank Curzon on “Rags and Bones.””, in The British Lyceum; […], volume I, number 2, London: […] William Medlen Hutchings, […], page 31, column 1

Forms of Alexandra limp

pluralAlexandra limps
alternative formAlexandrian limp

Origin of Alexandra limp

Named after Alexandra of Denmark (1844–1925), then Princess of Wales, whose limp it imitates.

Questions about Alexandra limp

What does Alexandra limp mean?
Alexandra limp means a limping gait affected by fashionable women in imitation of the then Princess of Wales who had some trouble with a knee.
What part of speech is Alexandra limp?
Alexandra limp is a noun.
What is the plural of Alexandra limp?
The plural of Alexandra limp is Alexandra limps.

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