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单词 merry night
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merry night
merry night n. chiefly English regional (northern) a night of festivities and sport.
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a1686 A. Martindale Life (1845) ii. 16 An huge lover and frequenter of wakes, greenes, and merrie-nights.
1712 N. Blundell Diary (1895) 105 We..had Sword Dansing and a Merry-Night in ye Hall and in ye Barne.
1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 223/2 Cumbrian peasantry have various festive meetings, called the kirn, or harvest-home, sheep-shearing, merry nights, and upshots.
1901 J. Rhŷs Celtic Folklore I. ii. 76 The Reformation..had already blown the blast of extinction on the Merry Nights (Noswyliau Llawen) and Saints' Fêtes (Gwyliau Mabsant).
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