英语词汇“to ride the goat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. (originally and chiefly U.S.) to ride the goat: to be initiated into a secret or exclusive society, fraternity, or order. Now somewhat rare.With humorous reference to the rumour that initiation into these societies involved the candidate riding a live goat or taking part in some kind of simulated ride (see, e.g., quot. 1846).

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1846 Weekly Raleigh Reg. & N. Carolina Gaz. 17 Feb. I was placed astride of a rail, which I was told was the Odd Fellows' Goat, and that I never could become an Odd Fellow until I had first learned to ride the Goat. In this barbarous manner I was carried three times around the room and finally stopped in front of the Warden's chair.]

1847 Ark Sept. 283/1 How many are in the habit of saying to a person who has been elected, ‘Well, I understand you are going to ride the goat!’ or some similar expression?

1848 Signet & Mirror May 22 The apology of one who belongs not to the mystic Order, who never rode the Goat, and yet undertakes to write about Masonry.

1892 Railroad Trainmen's Jrnl. Apr. 282/2 We are initiating candidates every night. The first meeting night in January we had six that rode the goat.

1901 Delta of Sigma Nu Nov. 110 Before we were through having the new men ride the goat, we were surprised to have two men from Gamma Epsilon come in.

1933 Washington Post 8 Aug. 7/1 Vice President Garner will ‘ride the goat’ tonight when he takes the initiatory degree in the Uvalde Lodge of Odd Fellows.

1999 Sunday Times (Nexis) 23 May [The author] rang..to say that..she must quash my speculation..that..she has ‘ridden the goat’ and become a member of the Orange Order.

单词	to ride the goat
释义	> as lemmas to ride the goat P3. (originally and chiefly U.S.) to ride the goat: to be initiated into a secret or exclusive society, fraternity, or order. Now somewhat rare.With humorous reference to the rumour that initiation into these societies involved the candidate riding a live goat or taking part in some kind of simulated ride (see, e.g., quot. 1846). ΚΠ 1846 Weekly Raleigh Reg. & N. Carolina Gaz. 17 Feb. I was placed astride of a rail, which I was told was the Odd Fellows' Goat, and that I never could become an Odd Fellow until I had first learned to ride the Goat. In this barbarous manner I was carried three times around the room and finally stopped in front of the Warden's chair.] 1847 Ark Sept. 283/1 How many are in the habit of saying to a person who has been elected, ‘Well, I understand you are going to ride the goat!’ or some similar expression? 1848 Signet & Mirror May 22 The apology of one who belongs not to the mystic Order, who never rode the Goat, and yet undertakes to write about Masonry. 1892 Railroad Trainmen's Jrnl. Apr. 282/2 We are initiating candidates every night. The first meeting night in January we had six that rode the goat. 1901 Delta of Sigma Nu Nov. 110 Before we were through having the new men ride the goat, we were surprised to have two men from Gamma Epsilon come in. 1933 Washington Post 8 Aug. 7/1 Vice President Garner will ‘ride the goat’ tonight when he takes the initiatory degree in the Uvalde Lodge of Odd Fellows. 1999 Sunday Times (Nexis) 23 May [The author] rang..to say that..she must quash my speculation..that..she has ‘ridden the goat’ and become a member of the Orange Order. extracted from goatn.adj. < as lemmas
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