| 单词 | parish-top |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparish-top ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > top > [noun] > whipping-top > for public use parish-topa1616 town-top?1617 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iii. 40 A Coward and a Coystrill that will not drinke to my Neece. till his braines turne o'th toe, like a parish top . View more context for this quotation 1621 J. Fletcher et al. Trag. of Thierry & Theodoret ii. i. sig. E2 A boy of twelue Should scourge him hither like a parish top, And make him dance before you. 1838–43 C. Knight Pict. Ed. Wks. Shakspere. Twelfth Night i. iii. (note) The town-top and the parish-top were one and the same. The custom..existed in the time of Elizabeth, and probably long before, of a large top being provided for the amusement of the peasants in frosty weather. < as lemmas |
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