单词 | high mall |
释义 | > as lemmasHigh Mall High Mall n. now historical the time of day when the throng of promenaders in the Mall in London (mall n.1 2) is at its height; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > specific nooning1552 after-dinner1576 wheta1628 High Mail1676 High Mall1712 Sabbath-day1734 Blue Monday1790 noonscape1819 noon-spell1839 children's hour1853 smoke-ho1874 welting1964 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > day or season of > at specific time of day High Mall1712 1712 Spectator No. 437. ⁋4 Were you to see Gatty walk the Park at high Mall. 1792 R. Bage Man as he Is II. xlvi. 174 There is no thinking well in the streets of Westminster; but the park, when it is not high mall, affords tolerable opportunity. a1845 R. H. Barham Wedding-day in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. iii. i. 33 I have seen him walking at high Mall. 1889 C. Teesdale in Duke of Beaufort et al. Driving (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xviii. 342 At High Mall on the Newski there are always certain equipages to be seen that attract the greatest amount of admiration and criticism. 1991 J. Garreau Edge City i. 4 Back then, its denizens even had a name for the hour when the throng of promenaders ‘giggling with their sparks’ was at its height. They called it High Mall. 2004 Eng. Lit. Hist. 71 127 The Frenchified Sir Fopling, who, with his train of Gallic-sounding servants, attracts everyone's attention in the social theater of High Mall. < as lemmas |
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