| 释义 |
shallal dial.|ˈʃælˈlæl|
[Echoic.]
‘A serenade of kettles and pans given to a notorious wedding couple’ (Eng. Dial. Dict.); ‘rough music’.
1864West. Morn. News 17 June 4 It has been the custom in this town (S. Ives, Cornwall) for some years, on the occasion of a marriage, for a number of young men in disguise to go to the house of the newly-married pair on the night of the wedding and make a ‘shallall’, that is [etc.]. 1892‘Q.’ (Quiller-Couch) Three Ships vii. 120 'Twill be time enough to talk of shal-lals when the weddin'-day's fixed. |