| 单词 | gander-pulling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgander-pulling gander-pulling n. (also gander-pull) U.S. a sport in which a horseman riding at full speed tries to clutch the greased neck of a live gander suspended by the feet and to pull its head off (cf. goose-riding n. at goose n. Compounds 2a). ΚΠ 1818 H. B. Fearon Sketches Amer. 247 They have also another practice..called ‘gander pulling’. This diversion consists in tying a live gander to a tree or pole, [etc.]. 1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché II. iv. 58 It puts me in mind of ‘Gander Pulling’. [A description follows.] 1885 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Prophet Great Smoky Mountains v. 103 They were making ready for the gander-pulling. < as lemmas |
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