| 单词 | christmas gambols |
| 释义 | > as lemmasChristmas gambols c. A customary game or pastime, typically played or engaged in during traditional holidays or times of festivity, as Christmas, Easter, Midsummer, etc. Usually in plural, esp. in Christmas gambols. Now somewhat archaic.In early use usually applied to gymnastic games involving tumbling, jumping, etc., but later more usually parlour games. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games for specific occasions > [noun] gambol1580 summer game1600 yule-game1611 wake-game1912 1580 G. Harvey in E. Spenser & G. Harvey Three Proper & Wittie Lett. 33 Shall I nowe by the way sende you a Ianuarie gift in Aprill: and as it were shewe you a Christmas Gambowlde after Easter? 1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. 4 Syluanus, I inuoke thy assistance; thou that first taughtest Carters to weare hob-nailes, and Lobs to play Christmas gambols. 1665 J. Crowne Pandion & Amphigenia ii. 154 [She] tumbled her Grandam with her heels over her head, in the manner of a Christmas gambole. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Gambols, certain Sports or Tumbling Tricks in use about Christmas-time. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 269. ¶8 If they had not good Cheer, warm Fires, and Christmas Gambols to support them. 1791 Flights of Inflatus I. xiv. 102 They took the hint..and returned to their Whitsun gambols. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. xxviii. 117 How there the Easter-gambols pass. 1846 Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts (ed. 4) 191/1 During Christmas, or other holiday gambols, it is customary with many to light one of these [sc. an explosive pastille]. 1894 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 84 At the close of the Midsummer gambols all the fairies were grouped in front. 1935 J. Masefield Box of Delights iii. 68 But I interrupt your Christmas gambols, and if the man is gone I must go too. 2009 K. Sturtevant Brothers Story ix. 103 But my greatest duty was to wait upon his will and whim whilst he prattled in the coffeehouses and taverns, or played at Christmas gambols late into the night with his friends. < as lemmas |
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