英语词汇“friendly lead”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

friendly lead n. now historical (in the poorer areas of Victorian and Edwardian London) a party or other entertainment held by the friends of a sick, destitute, or recently deceased person in order to raise money to help the person or pay for his or her funeral.

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box supper1851

friendly lead1856

pound party1869

American tea1915

American supper1916

1856 Ragged School Union Mag. Apr. 63 The music from the room above administers to the convivialities of a ‘friendly lead’ in behalf of John Pennyless, who has been out of employment six months.

1886 W. Besant Children of Gibeon III. ii. xxxii. 254 The great table dented..with a thousand hammerings of pewter pots at friendly leads.

1906 G. R. Sims Living London (rev. ed.) II. 78/2 He has drawn his last breath, and his comrades have a arranged a ‘brick’ or ‘friendly lead’ in his behalf. The ‘brick’ is held in the parlour of a public-house. On a table near the door is a plate into which every visitor drops a coin.

1991 C. L. Berstein Celebration Scandal ii. 72 The culture of the slums, including such collective rituals as the dancing, the market nights, the political meetings, the friendly leads.

9. friendly lead (see friendly adj. and n. Compounds 2). Also simply lead.

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1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 154/1 We went to a public-house where they were having ‘a lead’, that is a collection for a friend who is ill, and the company throw down what they can for a subscription, and they have in a fiddle and make it social.

单词	friendly lead
释义	> as lemmas friendly lead friendly lead n. now historical (in the poorer areas of Victorian and Edwardian London) a party or other entertainment held by the friends of a sick, destitute, or recently deceased person in order to raise money to help the person or pay for his or her funeral. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > fund-raising events > [noun] > others box supper1851 friendly lead1856 pound party1869 American tea1915 American supper1916 1856 Ragged School Union Mag. Apr. 63 The music from the room above administers to the convivialities of a ‘friendly lead’ in behalf of John Pennyless, who has been out of employment six months. 1886 W. Besant Children of Gibeon III. ii. xxxii. 254 The great table dented..with a thousand hammerings of pewter pots at friendly leads. 1906 G. R. Sims Living London (rev. ed.) II. 78/2 He has drawn his last breath, and his comrades have a arranged a ‘brick’ or ‘friendly lead’ in his behalf. The ‘brick’ is held in the parlour of a public-house. On a table near the door is a plate into which every visitor drops a coin. 1991 C. L. Berstein Celebration Scandal ii. 72 The culture of the slums, including such collective rituals as the dancing, the market nights, the political meetings, the friendly leads. extracted from friendlyadj.n. friendly lead 9. friendly lead (see friendly adj. and n. Compounds 2). Also simply lead. ΚΠ 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 154/1 We went to a public-house where they were having ‘a lead’, that is a collection for a friend who is ill, and the company throw down what they can for a subscription, and they have in a fiddle and make it social. extracted from leadn.² < as lemmas
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