Hyacinth Bucket, who insists her last name is pronounced "Bouquet" /buːˈkeɪ/, is the main character in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances (1990 to 1995), played by Patricia Routledge.
Famous quotes containing the words hyacinth and/or bucket:
“Today as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy on the ruins of Numantia; while around them cities have changed their masters and their names, collided and smashed, disappeared into nothingness, their peaceful generations have crossed down the ages as fresh and smiling as on the days of battle.”
—Edgar Quinet (1803–1875)
“And now, far removed from the loved habitation,
The tear of regret will intrusively swell,
As fancy reverts to my father’s plantation,
And sighs for the bucket that hung in the well.”
—Samuel Woodworth (1788–1842)