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单词 tin-kettling
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tin-kettlingn.

Brit. /ˌtɪnˈkɛtl̩ɪŋ/, /ˌtɪnˈkɛtlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌtɪnˈkɛdl̩ɪŋ/, /ˌtɪnˈkɛtlɪŋ/, Australian English /ˌtɪnˈketlɪŋ/, /ˌtɪnˈketl̩ɪŋ/, /ˌtɪnˈkedl̩ɪŋ/, New Zealand English /ˌtɪnˈketlɪŋ/, /ˌtɪnˈkedl̩ɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: tin kettle n., -ing suffix1
Etymology: < tin kettle n. + -ing suffix1. Compare later tin-kettle v.
Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. Now chiefly historical.
The practice of serenading a newly-wed couple with a cacophonous noise made by beating kettles, pans, and similar objects; an instance of this.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [noun] > rough music
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tin-kettling1856
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1856 Adelaide Observer 15 Nov. 4/3 There was a ‘tin-kettling’ going on near his premises when he came to the door, where he saw defendant, who called him a rogue, and threatened to throw the tin kettle in his face.
1892 B. H. Boake Where Dead Men Lie (1897) 103 What cheering and tin-kettling Had they after at the ‘settling’.
1900 H. Lawson On Track 5 The diggers..gave them a real good tinkettling in the old-fashioned style.
1981 C. Hunt Speaking Silence 30 [On the Chatham Islands] another thing they've dropped now is tin-kettling after a wedding..thirty or forty of you, all with kerosine tins, you'd make a hell of a din. Then you'd all be called in for drink and tucker.
2015 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 18 Mar. Apparently the newly-wed William Turner took considerable exception to the raucous ‘tin-kettling’ and ensuing slight damage to his property.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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