单词 | lord mayor's feast |
释义 | > as lemmasLord Mayor's feast Lord Mayor's feast n. now historical a formal dinner held on Lord Mayor's day; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1633 A. Munday et al. Stow's Surv. of London (new ed.) 657/1 He (with the Aldermen) ride on to the Guild-Hall to dinner... And therefore it is desertfully termed, The Lord Maiors Feast. 1766 H. Walpole Let. 13 Nov. in Lett. to H. Mann (1843) I. 316 He went to the Lord Mayor's feast, and dragged along with him that wise moppet, Lord Lyttelton. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. iii. 36 It was a nice little dinner—seemed to me then, a very Lord Mayor's Feast. 2004 Victorian Lit. & Culture 32 413 Simon Eyre, a north-country shoemaker.., rose to become Lord Mayor and founded the annual Lord Mayor's feast. < as lemmas |
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