| 单词 | hogmanay cake |
| 释义 | > as lemmashogmanay cake General attributive, as hogmanay cake, hogmanay concert, hogmanay day, hogmanay night, hogmanay song, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > cake for specific occasion > Hogmanay hogmanay cake1681 singing cake1894 black bun1898 1681*Hogmynae-night [see sense 2]. 1696 Atholl MSS 1 Jan. I passed on of his sh[illing]s to too poor women I brought up to my chamber yester-night to heare them sing a hog ma nae song. 1842 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes Scotl. (new ed.) 67/2 A particular individual..has frequently resolved two bolls of [oat]meal into hogmanay cakes. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. v. 297 The eve that ushers in the new year is called in Scotland Hogmanay Night. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 21 Dec. 6/3 On New Year's Eve there is to be a grand Hogmanay concert for the special benefit of patriotic Scots in London. 1956 S. H. Bell Erin's Orange Lily ix. 136 He told me, among many other things, how the young men collected Hogmanay Meal for the poor folk of the island. 1989 Shetland Times 20 Jan. 9/3 Nigel Llewellyn..pleaded guilty to throwing a full bottle at the boot of a passing taxi..while with revellers..on Hogmanay night. 2006 I. Welsh Bedroom Secrets of Master Chefs xxv. 234 This place that was fucked up before it even opened, like our Parliament, or our Hogmanay street party that never was. < as lemmas |
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