单词 | an old spanish custom |
释义 | > as lemmasan old Spanish custom b. an old Spanish custom: used jocularly to justify a long-standing practice which is unauthorized or otherwise irregular. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > a habit or practice > long-established method of proceeding tradition1597 an old Spanish custom1932 1932 Notes & Queries 13 Feb. 122/1 Could any reader tell me the origin of the phrase, ‘An old Spanish custom,’ as applied, in a jocular sense, to any unauthorised practice? 1966 ‘M. Torrie’ Heavy as Lead x. 115 Giving Sir Ganymede lunch at the pub..appeared by this time to have become an old Spanish custom. 1982 Listener 25 Nov. 13/2 The December issue of Encounter..lifts some lids on the ‘old Spanish customs’ of Fleet Street print unions. < as lemmas |
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