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daisy chain

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daisy chain
n.
1. A garland or chain made of linked daisies.
2. A series of connected events, activities, or experiences, likened to a garland: "It's a vast daisy chain of status, stretching from the first toddler group to the entry-level position at an investment banking house" (James Traub).
daisy chain
n
a garland made, esp by children, by threading daisies together
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.daisy chain - (figurative) a series of associated things or people or experiences
chain, concatenation - a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"
2.daisy chain - flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems; worn by students on class day at some schools
flower chain - flowers strung together in a chain
Translations
daisy chain
n → Kette f → aus Gänseblümchen
daisy chain n → ghirlanda di margherite
daisy chain n → ghirlanda di margherite


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Later, in the mid 1950s, when this generation of wild girls was beginning to die off, Truman Capote called Brooks's abandoned studio "the all-time ultimate gallery of famous dykes" and said they formed an international daisy chain of lasting influence on modern culture.
Evenings in Paris by Stroh, Suzanne / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
To position a stoic monkey in an astronaut's space suit as the final figure plots a point on a strange daisy chain of connections, becoming perhaps a gloss on our Marsgazing commander in chief, disinherited of the Great Communicator's mantle, settling for Bonzo's; monkeyhead situates itself just as quickly as a nod to our possible Planet of the Apes future.
Michael Minelli: Michael Kohn Gallery by Hainley, Bruce / Artforum International
It isn't a broker daisy chain where anybody can get in.
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