| 单词 | may kitten |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMay kitten May kitten n. a kitten born in May, regarded as being sickly or unlucky; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon iii. 33 Blear-ey'd, like a May-Kitten. 1853 Notes & Queries 12 Feb. 152/2 You should drown a May-kitten. It's unlucky to keep it. 1957 Folk-lore Sept. 413 May-born babies, like May kittens, are said to be weakly and unlikely to thrive. 1986 in I. Opie & M. Tatem Dict. Superstitions (1989) 241 [South Shields, Co. Durham] I used to be quite upset as a child when people said to me, when they heard that my birthday was in May, ‘Oh, you're a May kitten—you should have been drowned!’ < as lemmas |
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