■ adjective Brit. plain and simple.
Origin
C19: with ref. to prints of characters sold for toy theatres, costing one penny for black-and-white ones, and two pennies for coloured ones.
■ adjective Brit. plain and simple.
Origin
C19: with ref. to prints of characters sold for toy theatres, costing one penny for black-and-white ones, and two pennies for coloured ones.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004