| 单词 | to dine with duke humphrey | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto dine with Duke Humphrey  P1.    to dine with Duke Humphrey and variants: to go without dinner; to go hungry. Formerly also (Scottish)  to dine with St. Giles and the Earl of Murray. Cf. a dinner with duke Humphrey. Now historical and rare.For further information, see note in etymology. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > supply with food			[verb (intransitive)]		 > have little or no food to dine with Duke Humphrey1594 to box Harry1802 1594    Knacke to knowe Knaue sig. E  				I percieue I may goe dine with Duke Humfrie. 1604    Penniles Parl. Threed-bare Poets in  Iacke of Dover Quest of Inquirie sig. G  				Let mee dine twice a weeke at Duke Humphries table. 1648    N. Ward Mercurius Anti-mechanicus 44  				It is an Hen-hearted Æpicœne, who quarters a strange brood in his house, while his own family dines and sups with Duke Humphrey. a1682    F. Sempill Banishm. Poverty in  J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems 		(1706)	  i. 13  				I din'd with Saints and Noble-Men, Even sweet Saint Giles and the Earl of Murray. 1748    T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lv. 202  				My mistress and her mother must have dined with Duke Humphrey, had I not exerted myself. 1790    Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 11 Aug.  				They may dine with Duke Humphrey, for any thing that his Lordship cares. 1835    P. Hawker Diary 14 Nov. 		(1893)	 II. 89  				I was obliged to ‘dine with Duke Humphrey’, and content myself with a few buns. 1998    R. Fraser Shakespeare 		(2008)	 iv. 102  				You went without your dinner, said a proverb in Shakespeare's England, if you dined with Duke Humphrey. < as lemmas  | 
	
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