| 单词 | highland games |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHighland Games Highland Games n. a meeting for competitions and displays in athletics and traditional Highland music (especially playing the bagpipes) and dancing, held in the Scottish Highlands or by communities of Scottish origin or descent elsewhere.The Highland Games are particularly associated with feats of strength such as tossing the caber and throwing the hammer. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > large or public event > [noun] > celebratory games > Highland Highland gathering1810 Highland Games1822 1822 Caledonian Mercury 22 Aug. (advt.) The Northern Meeting will commence this Year on Wednesday the 2d October... To a variety of amusements, it is intended to revive and add the Ancient Highland Games. 1822 Inverness Jrnl. 4 Oct. One of the spectators of the Highland games, yesterday, was plundered of a gold watch. 1901 Celtic Monthly Oct. 9 The Annual Gathering of the Clan Colquhoun and friends..was held at Luss on the occasion of the Highland Games in July. 1990 T. Ruprecht Toronto's Many Faces 310 During the summer, the Highland Games take place across Ontario. The events include tug-of-war, Highland dancing, tossing the caber, and sheep-dog trials. 2001 Times 31 Aug. 14/5 At the Highland Games not a caber stays untossed, nor a pipe unskirled, nor a reel unbirled, nor a keg untapped. < as lemmas |
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