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单词 to take about the neck
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to take about the neck (also †swire)
c. to take about the neck (also †swire): to put one's arms around the neck of (a person), esp. before a kiss; to embrace. Now rare.
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c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) l. 404 Heo makede him faire chere & tok him abute þe swere.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 4357 (MED) She toke him aboute þe necke wiþ þis And profered hir mouþ to kis.
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 337 (MED) He tuke hym abowte þe nekk & kyssyd hym.
1561 T. Paynell tr. N. Hanapus Ensamples Vertue & Vice viii. sig. D.viiiv He kyssed Tobye, and wepynge toke hym aboute the necke and sayd, Gods blessinge haue thou my sonne.
a1638 J. Mede Apostasy Latter Times (1641) 119 She took a Monk about the neck and kissed him.
1687 T. Brockbank Jrnl. Dec. (1930) 6 He took his Mother about ye neck wth his pocky arm, and Kist her wth his scabbed lips.
1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid II. viii. 222 I was so pleas'd to hear him talk thus, that, if I had durst, I would have taken him about the Neck.
1782 Hibernian Mag. Sept. 485/1 Her father's servants saw her in her own bed room take the captain about the neck and kiss him.
1847 Godey's Lady's Bk. Mar. 151/2 The fond damsel bounded to her friend, and took her about the neck with as much fervency as if all the blood from her heart had gone into her arms.
1879 E. Marshall Stories Cathedral Cities Eng. 143 She hastened to him in spite of the crowd, and embraced him fervently, taking him about the neck and kissing him.
1910 F. J. Ziegler tr. A. Strindberg Creditor 69 (stage direct.) Taking her about the neck and kissing her.
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