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单词 testimonial craze
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testimonial craze
attributive and in other combinations, as testimonial craze, testimonial-writer; (sense B. 5) = serving as a testimonial or token of esteem, esp. in testimonial dinner, testimonial game, testimonial match.
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1851 ‘Bat’ Cricketer's Man. (ed. 5) 94 On the 26th July, 1847, the Committee at Lord's got up a testimonial match between Kent and England [for Mynn's benefit].
1895 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Sept. 1/3 The testimonial craze is becoming quite a nuisance, and is highly inconvenient to people of moderate means.
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) A testimonial certificate, benefit, or banquet.
1905 Academy 6 May 489/1 A good many other professional and unprofessional testimonial-writers.
1931 Daily Express 21 Sept. 11/5 A testimonial dinner was given to..the millionaire American capitalist.
1972 G. Green Great Moments in Sport: Soccer iii. 46 The Russians went to the unusual lengths of giving him [Yashin] a testimonial match at Lenin Stadium.
1977 in Fremdsprachen (1979) 23 209/1 The long-serving defender, who collected £35,000 from a testimonial game on Friday, was due to retire.
1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 28 Apr. (Weekender Mag.) 18/1 Sol Stein..was decorating a dais with his presence at a testimonial dinner for a minor television personality.
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