| 单词 | land of cakes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLand of Cakes Land of Cakes n. (a humorous name for) Scotland, or (sometimes spec.) the Scottish Lowlands.With reference to sense A. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Scotland > [noun] North Britain1615 Land of Cakes1659 louse-land1699 Whigland1699 Haggisland1846 1659 in M. V. Hay Blairs Papers (1929) 178 I am in the land of cayks wher all miseryes doe sheeme to me mirth and giofulnes. 1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 219 Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots. 1888 G. Meredith Let. 27 June (1970) II. 922 Perhaps I shall never see your Land o' Cakes. 2018 National (Scotl.) (Nexis) 2 May Should the Land o' Cakes impose import duty on French gateaux? land of cakes a. law of the land ( †land's law: see land-law n. 1): see law n.1 land of promise (†promission, †repromission, †behest), promised land: see promise n., etc. land of cakes (Sc.): see cake n. 1b. See also Holy Land n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [noun] > Middle East > Israel land of behesta1200 Holy Land1297 land of promise (promission, repromission, behest)c1300 Jewryc1384 c1300 St. Brandan 76 Bifore the ȝates of Paradys in the Lond of Biheste. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) Pref. 1 Þe land of repromission, þat men calles þe Haly Land. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xvi. sig. e.viiv Duke Iosue..Ledynge the Isrehelytes to the lande of promyssyon. 1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xxiv. 271 The Lowlanders call their Part of the Country the Land of Cakes. a1846 J. Imlah Land o' Cakes (song) An' fill ye up and toast the cup, The land o' cakes for ever. < as lemmas |
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