| 单词 | distaff's day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdistaff's day distaff's day n. (or St. Distaff's day) the day after Twelfth Day or the Feast of the Epiphany, on which day (January 7) women resumed their spinning and other ordinary employments after the holidays; also called rock-day. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year Candlemas1014 May Day1267 All Souls' Dayc1300 midsummer evena1400 firstc1400 Beltane1424 midsummer eve1426 quarter day1435 Beltane1456 mid-Sundaya1475 madding-day1568 Lord Mayor's day1591 Barnaby bright1595 Lammas-eve1597 All Saints' Night1607 Handsel Monday1635 distaff's day1648 long Barnabya1657 St. Valentine's eve1671 leet-day1690 All Fools' Day1702 Boxing Day1743 April Fool's Day1748 Royal Oak Day1759 box day1765 Oak-apple Day1802 All Souls' Eve1805 mischief night1830 Shick-shack Day1847 chalk-back day1851 call night1864 Nut-Monday1867 Arbor Day1872 April Fool's1873 Labour Day1884 Martinmas Sunday1885 call day1886 Samhain1888 Juneteenth1890 Mother's Day1890 Father's Day1908 Thinking Day1927 Punkie night1931 Tweede Nuwejaar1947 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. Bb3v Partly worke and partly play Ye must on S. Distaffs day. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. Bb3v Give S. Distaffe all the right, Then bid Christmas sport good-night.] 1869 W. C. Hazlitt Eng. Prov. & Phr. 304 On St. Distaff's Day, neither work nor play. < as lemmas |
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