单词 | paltocks inn |
释义 | † Paltock's Innn. Obsolete. A mean or inhospitable place. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > [noun] > mean or inhospitable place Paltock's Inn1579 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 35 Comming to Chenas a blind village, in comparison of Athens a Paltockes Inne. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 46 Swiftlye they determind too flee from a countrye so wycked, Paltocks Inne leauing, too wrinche thee nauye too southward. 1619 Two Wise Men & All Rest Fooles vi. iii. 82 Heere is a customer for Paltocks Inne, but weele nicke him well enough in his horse-meate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1579 |
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