英语词汇“old mother redcap”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. Mother Redcap (also Old Mother Redcap): (the name of) a disreputable woman, esp. a female innkeeper. Now historical and rare.The works referred to in quots. 1595 and 1597² are no longer extant. The latter work may be based on the former, or perhaps on the case of witchcraft alluded to in quot. 1597¹. A number of public houses throughout the British Isles still bear the name, in some cases supposedly in connection with a particular figure from local legend.

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1595 in E. Arber Transcript Reg. Company of Stationers 1554–1640 (1875) II. 130 Thomas Creede. Entred for his Copie under the handes of bothe the wardens a booke entituled Mother Redd Cappe her laste will and Testament conteyning sundrye conceipted and pleasant tales furnished with moche varyetie to move Delighte.

1597 J. Bee Storie Witch named Alse Gooderige 31 Yonder comes mother Redde Cap, looke how they beate her braines out, see what it is to be a witch: see how the toades gnaw the flesh from her bones.

1597 P. Henslowe Diary 22 Dec. (1845) 106 Layd owt, the 22 of desembr 1597, for a boocke called mother Redcape, to antony monday and M^r Drayton.

1627 M. Drayton Moone-calfe in Battaile Agincourt 172 Quoth mother Red-cap, you haue hit it right.

a1635 T. Randolph Muses Looking-glasse iii. i. 41 in Poems (1638) I bethink my selfe That I have seene in mother Red-caps Hall In painted cloath the story of the Prodigall.

a1687 C. Cotton Poet. Wks. (1765) 99 Her Grace Finds me among a Crew of mad-caps, Æneas, at one Mother Red-Cap's.

1777 Fashion 9 As florid as e'er fat old mother red-cap, Upon a poor sign post, drinking her heel-tap.

1795 J. Wolcot Wks. (1812) III. 118 Since Impudence, assuming Freedom's form Near Mother Redcap brews the dangerous storm.

a1833 J. T. Smith Bk. for Rainy Day (1845) 20 It has been stated that Mother Red Cap was the ‘Mother Damnable’ of Kentish Town in early days.

1853 A. M. Howitt Art-student in Munich I. xvii. 174 The tall, shadowy figure of a student, arrayed in a long grey cloak, with a pointed hood standing up on his head, in a wizard or ‘Mother Red-cap’ style.

2004 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 15 June 30 The exploits of the notorious Mother Redcap take centre stage... The play tells the tale of the so-called ‘foster mother of wild spirits’ whose cottage..was a haven for smugglers, wreckers and fugitives from press-gangs in 18th-century Wirral.

单词	old mother redcap
释义	> as lemmas Old Mother Redcap c. Mother Redcap (also Old Mother Redcap): (the name of) a disreputable woman, esp. a female innkeeper. Now historical and rare.The works referred to in quots. 1595 and 1597² are no longer extant. The latter work may be based on the former, or perhaps on the case of witchcraft alluded to in quot. 1597¹. A number of public houses throughout the British Isles still bear the name, in some cases supposedly in connection with a particular figure from local legend. ΚΠ 1595 in E. Arber Transcript Reg. Company of Stationers 1554–1640 (1875) II. 130 Thomas Creede. Entred for his Copie under the handes of bothe the wardens a booke entituled Mother Redd Cappe her laste will and Testament conteyning sundrye conceipted and pleasant tales furnished with moche varyetie to move Delighte. 1597 J. Bee Storie Witch named Alse Gooderige 31 Yonder comes mother Redde Cap, looke how they beate her braines out, see what it is to be a witch: see how the toades gnaw the flesh from her bones. 1597 P. Henslowe Diary 22 Dec. (1845) 106 Layd owt, the 22 of desembr 1597, for a boocke called mother Redcape, to antony monday and M^r Drayton. 1627 M. Drayton Moone-calfe in Battaile Agincourt 172 Quoth mother Red-cap, you haue hit it right. a1635 T. Randolph Muses Looking-glasse iii. i. 41 in Poems (1638) I bethink my selfe That I have seene in mother Red-caps Hall In painted cloath the story of the Prodigall. a1687 C. Cotton Poet. Wks. (1765) 99 Her Grace Finds me among a Crew of mad-caps, Æneas, at one Mother Red-Cap's. 1777 Fashion 9 As florid as e'er fat old mother red-cap, Upon a poor sign post, drinking her heel-tap. 1795 J. Wolcot Wks. (1812) III. 118 Since Impudence, assuming Freedom's form Near Mother Redcap brews the dangerous storm. a1833 J. T. Smith Bk. for Rainy Day (1845) 20 It has been stated that Mother Red Cap was the ‘Mother Damnable’ of Kentish Town in early days. 1853 A. M. Howitt Art-student in Munich I. xvii. 174 The tall, shadowy figure of a student, arrayed in a long grey cloak, with a pointed hood standing up on his head, in a wizard or ‘Mother Red-cap’ style. 2004 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 15 June 30 The exploits of the notorious Mother Redcap take centre stage... The play tells the tale of the so-called ‘foster mother of wild spirits’ whose cottage..was a haven for smugglers, wreckers and fugitives from press-gangs in 18th-century Wirral. extracted from redcapn. < as lemmas
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