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{
"etymology_text": "US slang. Earliest known use 1884. Various theories include the red from bonfires, the heat from over-stoked paddle-wheel boilers, and town demarcation lines in the Wild West. A British claim attributing it to the actions of the Third Marquess of Waterford predates the first known use by decades.",
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"form": "paints the town red",
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"text": "It was the end of term and students decided to celebrate by painting the town red.",
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"ref": "1887 March, Oscar Wilde, The American Invasion",
"text": "With regard to Mrs. Brown-Potter, as acting is no longer considered absolutely essential for success on the English stage, there is really no reason why the pretty bright-eyed lady who charmed us all last June by her merry laugh and her nonchalant ways, should not—to borrow an expression from her native language—make a big boom and paint the town red.",
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{
"ref": "1894, Bret Harte, “The Heir of the McHulishes”, in A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories",
"text": "After that dinner at MacFen's he was done for—went wild. Danced a sword-dance, or a strathspey, or some other blamed thing, on the table, and yelled louder than the pipes. So they all did. Jack, I've painted the town red once myself.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1919, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 8, in A Man Four-Square",
"text": "Half a dozen cowboys cantered up the main street of Los Portales in a cloud of dust. One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell. […] A second flung into the blue sky three rapid revolver shots. Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come to paint the town red and did not care who knew it.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023, “Paint The Town Red”, in Scarlet, performed by Doja Cat",
"text": "Bitch, I said what I said / I'd rather be famous instead / I let all that get to my head / I don't care, I paint the town red",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To party or celebrate in a rowdy, wild manner, especially in a public place."
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"(idiomatic) To party or celebrate in a rowdy, wild manner, especially in a public place."
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"translations": [
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kuánghuān zuò yuè",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "狂欢作乐"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "male byen rød"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "de bloemetjes buiten zetten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "juhlia railakkaasti"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "die Sau rauslassen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "kirúg a hámból"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "csap egy görbe estét"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "folleggiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "spassarsela"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "pazziare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "matteggiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "darsi alla pazza gioia"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "male byen rød"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"tags": [
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"word": "balangować"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadátʹ žáru",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "зада́ть жа́ру"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "correrse una juerga"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "ir de parranda"
}
]
}
],
"word": "paint the town red"
}
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"etymology_text": "US slang. Earliest known use 1884. Various theories include the red from bonfires, the heat from over-stoked paddle-wheel boilers, and town demarcation lines in the Wild West. A British claim attributing it to the actions of the Third Marquess of Waterford predates the first known use by decades.",
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},
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"ref": "1887 March, Oscar Wilde, The American Invasion",
"text": "With regard to Mrs. Brown-Potter, as acting is no longer considered absolutely essential for success on the English stage, there is really no reason why the pretty bright-eyed lady who charmed us all last June by her merry laugh and her nonchalant ways, should not—to borrow an expression from her native language—make a big boom and paint the town red.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1894, Bret Harte, “The Heir of the McHulishes”, in A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories",
"text": "After that dinner at MacFen's he was done for—went wild. Danced a sword-dance, or a strathspey, or some other blamed thing, on the table, and yelled louder than the pipes. So they all did. Jack, I've painted the town red once myself.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1919, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 8, in A Man Four-Square",
"text": "Half a dozen cowboys cantered up the main street of Los Portales in a cloud of dust. One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell. […] A second flung into the blue sky three rapid revolver shots. Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come to paint the town red and did not care who knew it.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023, “Paint The Town Red”, in Scarlet, performed by Doja Cat",
"text": "Bitch, I said what I said / I'd rather be famous instead / I let all that get to my head / I don't care, I paint the town red",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"word": "paint the town"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kuánghuān zuò yuè",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "狂欢作乐"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "male byen rød"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "de bloemetjes buiten zetten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "juhlia railakkaasti"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "die Sau rauslassen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "kirúg a hámból"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "csap egy görbe estét"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "folleggiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "spassarsela"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "pazziare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "matteggiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "darsi alla pazza gioia"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "male byen rød"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "balangować"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadátʹ žáru",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "зада́ть жа́ру"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "correrse una juerga"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "party in a rowdy, wild manner",
"word": "ir de parranda"
}
],
"word": "paint the town red"
}
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