英语词汇“to put a hag in the post”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Chiefly Scottish. to put (also strike) a hag in (or into) the post (and variants): used (with figurative reference to the act of creating a permanent record by making a notch in a post, door jamb, etc.) to indicate that an event or occurrence is unusual or a cause of celebration or commemoration.

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1568 ( D. Lindsay Satyre (Bannatyne) l. 1524 in Wks. (1931) II. 390 Than stryk ane hag in to the post, Ffor I hard nevir in all my lyfe, A bischop cum to preiche in fyfe.

1702 Libamina Junioribus Philologis Degustanda 41 Strike a hagg in the post.

1823 J. Galt Entail I. xxi. 175 I'm sure the post should get a hag when we hear o' him coming wi' hundreds o' pounds in his pouch.

1902 M. Powley in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1902) III. 13/2 [Cumberland.] We mun give t'hallen a hag as ye're cum't.

1936 Motherwell Times 22 May 5/6 Motherwell and district merchants are entitled to put ‘a hag in the post’ on account of the fine weather they enjoyed on their Wednesday holiday.

1993 in Sc. National Dict. New Suppl. (Electronic text) [Ulster] Pit a hag in the post.

单词	to put a hag in the post
释义	> as lemmas to put (also strike) a hag in (or into) the post Chiefly Scottish. to put (also strike) a hag in (or into) the post (and variants): used (with figurative reference to the act of creating a permanent record by making a notch in a post, door jamb, etc.) to indicate that an event or occurrence is unusual or a cause of celebration or commemoration. ΚΠ 1568 ( D. Lindsay Satyre (Bannatyne) l. 1524 in Wks. (1931) II. 390 Than stryk ane hag in to the post, Ffor I hard nevir in all my lyfe, A bischop cum to preiche in fyfe. 1702 Libamina Junioribus Philologis Degustanda 41 Strike a hagg in the post. 1823 J. Galt Entail I. xxi. 175 I'm sure the post should get a hag when we hear o' him coming wi' hundreds o' pounds in his pouch. 1902 M. Powley in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1902) III. 13/2 [Cumberland.] We mun give t'hallen a hag as ye're cum't. 1936 Motherwell Times 22 May 5/6 Motherwell and district merchants are entitled to put ‘a hag in the post’ on account of the fine weather they enjoyed on their Wednesday holiday. 1993 in Sc. National Dict. New Suppl. (Electronic text) [Ulster] Pit a hag in the post. extracted from hagn.² < as lemmas
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