| 单词 | freedom box |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfreedom box freedom box n. now historical (esp. in Ireland in the 18th and 19th centuries) a box designed to hold a document granting the freedom of a town or city. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [noun] > one possessing freedom of a city or company > box presented to freeman of town freedom box1755 1755 ‘S. M'Cleaver’ Ireland in Tears 3 Many Proposals for Addresses, Freedom-Boxes, and other Marks of public Gratitude. 1779 W. Charron (title) A description of the freedom box, voted by the City of London, to the Hon. Augustus Keppel, Admiral of the Blue. 1911 C. J. Jackson Illustr. Hist. Eng. Plate II. xxix. 913 Lord Carbery owns an interesting silver-gilt freedom-box..which was presented by the borough of Bandon-Bridge to George, the third Baron Carbery in 1760. 2006 Irish Independent (Nexis) 14. Apr. The museum wanted to get their hands on the freedom boxes awarded to Tom and Kathleen Clarke when they were granted freedom of the city of Limerick. < as lemmas |
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