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单词 pace-egging
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pace-ˈegging
pace-ˈegging n. now historical any of various Easter rituals and games involving pace eggs.
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1842 C. Redding Illustr. Itin. Lancaster 288 ‘God's sake a pace egg!’ is the continual cry... This practice of pace-egging used also to be practised in some parts of Yorkshire.
1872 C. Hardwick Trad., Superstitions, & Folk-lore 73 [They] sallied forth during Easterweek ‘a pace-egging’ as it was termed.
1967 Listener 6 Apr. 471/3 Vegetation ceremonies still describable in pace-egging and mummers' plays.
2002 P. R. Wilkinson Thes. Trad. Eng. Metaphors (new ed.) 807 Pace-egging is still a custom in Preston parks and other Lancashire towns, and consists in rolling eggs on Easter morning.
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