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单词 fog race
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fog racen.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: fog n.2, race n.1
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < fog n.2 + race n.1, as a humorous alteration of progress n. (compare progress n. 5a).
humorous. Obsolete. rare.
An official visit by members of an Oxford or Cambridge college to its estates. Cf. progress n. 5a.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > official visitation
progress?c1450
fog race1689
1689 W. Calverley Memorandum Bk. in C. Jackson et al. Yorks. Diaries (1886) II. 45 I went the college fog-race with Mr. Lancaster, Mr. Smith, and my tutor. The first day we went to Salsbury, the next to Gilsig.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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