Good Queen Bess
Good Queen Bess proper noun: synonym of Queen Bess (“Elizabeth I”).
Proper noun (1)
Good Queen Bess
- Synonym of Queen Bess (“Elizabeth I”).
- A Breakfast—no unsubstantial mess / But one in the style of Good Queen Bess, / Who,—hearty as hippocampus,— / Broke her fast with ale and beef, / Instead of toast and the Chinese leaf, / And in lieu of anchovy—grampus!1840 November, Thomas Hood, “Rhymes for the Times, and Reason for the Season. […] Part III. Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg. A Golden Legend.”, in Theodore Hook, editor, The New Monthly Magazine...
- Denham and Hugo, who were standing close to Temple Bar, had the benefit of a close and prolonged inspection of the long procession, for on the eastern side a halt was ordered, while before the statue of ‘Good Queen Bess’ one of the gorgeously arrayed performers sang a patriotic song, extolling the...1885, Edna Lyall [pseudonym; Ada Ellen Bayly], “Hugo Meets a Patriot”, in In the Golden Days […], volume I, London: Hurst and Blackett, […], →OCLC, page 134
- Synonyms:
- Queen Bess
Proper noun (2) capitalized: good Queen Bess
good Queen Bess
- Alternative letter-case form of Good Queen Bess.
- This Sect aroſe from [James] Nailer, as the Presbyterians and Independents from the Jeſuits: Theſe indeed may plead a greater Antiquity, as having their Riſe in the days of good Queen Beſs; but the ſhaking Congregation, not till the days of the Martyr.a. 1705, Thomas Brown, “The Quaker’s-Meeting”, in The Third Volume of the Works of Mr. Thomas Brown, Containing, Amusements Serious & Comical, Calculated for the Meridian of London. […], London: […]...
- [T]o ſhew them their miſtake, I proteſt ſincerely, that had not the leaſt influence on my rejecting his Patronage, ſince I do not at all doubt, but that I might have ſpoke^([sic]) as much Truth on both Heads, as generally has been ſpoken by moſt of our Modern Dedicators; Who often run the Pedegree...1709, the Bookseller, “The Epistle Nuncupatory, to the Author of A Tale of a Tub”, in [Charles Gildon], The Golden Spy: or, A Political Journal of the British Nights Entertainments of War and Peace...
Examples of Good Queen Bess in a sentence
- She made her way to a secluded frescade in the grounds, where was a stone belvedere, and, hard by on a natural hillock, a marble statue of Good Queen Bess on a pedestal of native rock.1890, Paul Cushing, “The Little Gods at Work”, in The Bull i’ th’ Thorn: A Romance […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and...
- In Spanish eyes, the Great Elizabeth was neither ‘Gloriana’ nor ‘Good Queen Bess’, but ‘la inglesona’.1990 November, Anthony Gooch, “The Falklands War and a Very Special Relationship: The Hispanic World and the Anglo-Saxon World: Part One”...
- His story goes that a humble greengrocer (in days of yore) was delivering potatoes to Good Queen Bess and happened to notice a misplaced apostrophe in a royal decree.2003 November 6, Lynne Truss, “The Tractable Apostrophe”, in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, London...
Synonyms of Good Queen Bess
Forms of Good Queen Bess
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Questions about Good Queen Bess
- What does Good Queen Bess mean?
- Good Queen Bess means synonym of Queen Bess (“Elizabeth I”).
- How do you use Good Queen Bess in a sentence?
- She made her way to a secluded frescade in the grounds, where was a stone belvedere, and, hard by on a natural hillock, a marble statue of Good Queen Bess on a pedestal of native rock.
- What part of speech is Good Queen Bess?
- Good Queen Bess is a proper noun.
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