单词 | plough jack |
释义 | plough jackn. English regional (chiefly northern and Lincolnshire). Now chiefly historical. A mummer participating in the celebration of Plough Monday; = plough jag n. 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 1859 T. Harris Diary in Scunthorpe Evening Tel. (Nexis) (1999) 5 Jan. 14 Fri 7th Plough Jack Day. Lots of men and boys came here (dressed up in ribbons etc and as horses etc) from Winterton, Halton, Burton, Whitton etc. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 112 Plough-jacks, a name given to the Plough-boys who come round on Plough Monday. 1933 E. K. Chambers Eng. Folk-play 90 The performers call themselves Plough Jacks, Plough Jags, Plough Stots, Plough Bullocks, Plough Boggons, Plough Witchers, or Morris Dancers. 1996 R. Hutton Stations of Sun xi. 127 They were commonly known as Plough Boys, Lads, or Jacks. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1859 |
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