单词 | blanketeering |
释义 | † blanketeeringn. Obsolete. 1. In the early 19th century: the action of protesting or demonstrating by the Blanketeers (see blanketeer n. 2); support for the Blanketeers' demonstration or its cause. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > demonstration > specific demonstrations or protests frame-breaking1811 plug riots1849 Aldermaston1960 Boston tea-party- 1817 Literary Panorama Nov. 341 The verdicts given by the juries of the county of Derby..justify the observations we have made from time to time, on the extent and nature of what has injudiciously been termed blanketeering. 1885 T. Cooper Thoughts Fourscore & Earlier 56 When the people expected cheap bread, and tradesmen thought their halcyon days would come, what followed? Starvation and distraction among the poor, breaking of machinery, blanketeering, and Peterloo massacre. 1904 E. M. Brockbank Sketches Honorary Med. Staff Manch. Infirm 53 The house was used as a barrack for foot soldiers during the Blanketeering times. 2. The action of shaking a person in a blanket held slackly at the corners or edges. rare.In quot., as a modifier. ΚΠ 1839 ‘D. I. Moriarty’ Husband-hunter III. xi. 230 This epistle awaited her at Beamish's inn on returning from her blanketeering adventure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). > as lemmasblankeˈteering blankeˈteering n. Π 1839 ‘D. I. Moriarty’ Husband-Hunter III. 230 On returning from her blanketeering adventure. < n.1817 as lemmas |
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