单词 | rearing supper |
释义 | > as lemmasrearing supper rearing supper n. English regional (now historical) a celebratory meal given to workers on completion of (the roof of) a building. ΚΠ 1829 J. Hunter Hallamshire Gloss. 75 A house is reared when the wood-work of the roof is raised upon it. The workmen employed in building a new house have a rearing-supper when arrived at this stage of their labour. 1867 B. Brierley Marlocks of Merriton (E.D.D.) 113 He cannot even build a house, but there must be the ‘rearing’ supper. 1965 R. Blumenau Hist. Malvern Coll. 1865–1965 8 Eighty workmen walked in procession to the Belle Vue Hotel for the traditional gargantuan rearing supper to celebrate the laying of the roof-timbers. < as lemmas |
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