BUCKET, HYACINTH


Meaning of BUCKET, HYACINTH in English

Bu ‧ cket, Hyacinth /buːˈkeɪ/ BrE AmE

a female character in a humorous British television programme called Keeping Up Appearances . She always keeps her house very clean and tidy, and is a typical example of an English ↑ snob (=someone who thinks social class is very important and is eager to be accepted by people of a higher social class) . She pronounces her name to sound like ‘bouquet’ (=an arrangement of flowers) instead of like ‘bucket’.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.