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单词 paltocks inn
释义

Paltock's Innn.

Forms: 1500s Paltockes Inne, 1500s–1600s Paltocks Inne.
Origin: Probably from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymon: inn n.
Etymology: Probably < the genitive of a personal name + inn n.Probably not connected with French palletoquet person who behaves like or is clothed like a peasant ( < †palletoc paltock n.), which is first attested much later (1704).
Obsolete.
A mean or inhospitable place.
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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).
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