Meanings
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Marks & Spencer, a British multinational retailer.
[S]he [Patricia Field] says "of course" she'd heard of M&S: "People told me, if you go to London, you've got to buy some Marks & Spencer underwear."
2008 October 4, Hadley Freeman, “Absolutely fabulous”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Oct 20192 more examples
The G-string comment was followed by the declaration that the clothes need to stand up to scrutiny in Milan and Paris and that M&S should go abroad to grow.
2004 March 6, Sarah Ryle, “Prayer on a G-string at Marks”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2014Where once M&S was seen as a purveyor of clothes that were at best inoffensive or else labelled – in a somewhat sexist manner – “frumpy”, now it is appealing to women who have one eye on Vogue and another on value.
2023 November 11, Ellie Violet Bramley, “How M&S regained its place as UK’s top womenswear retailer”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2023Synonyms: Marks, Marks & Sparks
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