单词 | blackberrying |
释义 | blackberryingn. The gathering of blackberries. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > berry-picking strawberrying1634 huckleberrying1721 whorting1746 blackberrying1786 barberrying1859 bilberrying1859 berrying1884 1786 T. B. Hazard Nailer Tom's Diary (1930) 100/1 My wife & her mother went a Black buring. 1809 Gentleman's Mag. June 512/1 To go a wool-gathering, and a black-berrying, (the former to pick wool, and the latter berries, from the bramble). 1836 Rural Repository 9 Jan. 122/2 Oh! the blackberrying and strawberrying expeditions I had had there. 1885 C. M. Yonge Two Sides of Shield i We never had such a blackberrying. 1929 L. W. Reese Victorian Village 150 The blackberrying for that year was over. 1980 M. Shoard Theft of Countryside v. xvii. 190 Gathering primroses and bluebells, blackberrying, or looking for the first snowdrops are still delights to be enjoyed in the countryside. 2006 J. Russell Fortune & Power xvi. 125 You don't fancy going blackberrying do you?.. To take your mind off business. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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