| 单词 | plough bullocker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈplough ˌbullocker ˈplough ˌbullocker n. English regional (east midlands and Yorkshire) = 2; cf. plough witcher n. at plough witch n. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > mumming > [noun] > mummer > types of witch-mana1538 plough bullock1762 plough stot1817 witch-chap1827 plough bullocker1848 plough jag1852 plough jack1859 plough witcher1860 oonchook1885 janney1896 plough witcha1903 hodener1909 1848 A. B. Evans Leicestershire Words 68 Plough-bullockers, a name given in this county to the persons who..come round on ‘Plough-Monday’, dressed up in ribbons and women's gear, and dance with untiring agility before the houses of the more opulent, to obtain ‘plough-money’. 1923 E. C. Pulbrook Eng. Country Life xiii. 194 At Whitby, the young men come in to celebrate the Plough Stots as of old, and the Plough Bullockers occasionally drive their decorated plough through the villages of Derbyshire, to the detriment of those who refuse largesse. 2001 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 10 Jan. 6 The annual tour by the Plough Bullockers is a tradition revived 15 years ago and a welcome spectacle in Sharnford, Sapcote and Stoney Stanton. < as lemmas |
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