| 单词 | hertfordshire kindness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHertfordshire kindness In phrase Hertfordshire kindness: see quots. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > return of a courtesy reversion1601 Hertfordshire kindnessa1661 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Herts. 18 ‘Hartford-shire Kindness’. This is generally taken in a good and grateful sense for the mutual return of favours received. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Hartfordshire-kindness, Drinking to the same Man again. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 135 Ld. Smart. Tom, my Service to you. Neverout. My Lord, this Moment I did myself the Honour to drink to your Lordship. Ld. Smart. Why then that's Hartfordshire Kindness. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Hartfordshire kindness. That is, any one drinking back to his right-hand man; i.e. the person who immediately before drank to him. < as lemmas |
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