| 单词 | to throw the stocking |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto throw the stocking b. to throw the stocking: said with reference to an old custom according to which on the wedding night the bride's stocking was thrown among the guests; it was supposed that the person hit by it would be the first of the company to be married.For other forms of this custom see Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > wedding festivities > celebrate wedding [verb (intransitive)] > take part in specific custom to throw the stocking1694 1694 N. H. Ladies Dict. 509/1 The Stockin being motioned, the Bride must sit up to have it thrown at her Nose, that the Batchellours may know by him that first hits it, who is to be marryed next. 1709 W. King Useful Trans. in Philos. Mar.–Apr. 12 The Sack-Posset was eaten and the Stocking thrown. 1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace i. i. 148 At am'rous Flavio is the Stocking thrown? 1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 13 The breyde now thowt it time for bed; Her stockin doff'd and flang't quite soft. a1845 R. H. Barham Wedding-day in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 214 They all come..To dance at her bridal, and help ‘throw the stocking,’—A practice that's now discontinued as shocking. < as lemmas |
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