Burberried
English edit
Etymology edit
Burberry + -ed; the company was founded by Thomas Burberry.
Adjective edit
Burberried (not comparable)
- (informal) Dressed in clothing of the Burberry brand.
- 1985, Punch, volume 288, page 70:
- Emanating from 300 cheeses of 11 European countries, it quite overwhelms the odiferous tramp of American tourists, intent on completing their Burberried English look by tucking a Stilton under each arm; […]
- 2009 March 29, Mack McDonald, “A Little Rugby With Your Cross-Dressing?”, in The New York Times:
- The Sevens has long been an annual coping mechanism for the BlackBerried and Burberried expatriate set, the well-heeled bankers, brokers, lawyers and property developers across the Asia-Pacific region.
- 2012, Peter Lynch, Beating the Street, page 23:
- Rather than fight these Burberried geniuses, large numbers of average investors decided to join them by putting their serious money into mutual funds.
- 2012, Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, page 128:
- According to Richard Littlejohn, 'Matt Lucas and David Walliams' Burberried chavs captured perfectly the gruesome reality of so much of our modern landscape.'