单词 | whitsun holiday |
释义 | > as lemmasWhitsun holiday C1. General attributive, as Whitsun fair, Whitsun holiday, Whitsun market, etc. ΚΠ ?a1425 H. Notyngham in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 42 He and I ben acordite þat at hys next comynge hom, I hope in Wyssone halydaiez, whe chull be there to-gedir to perfourne ȝour entent. 1495 A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 108 At the Vitson merkat. 1533 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 163 Justis at Weste[m]ynster all þe Wytson halydais. 1535 T. Starkey Let. in Eng. in Reign Henry VIII (1878) i. p. xxii Your letturys..were receyuyd apon Wytson morn. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 134 I play as I haue seene them do In Whitson-Pastorals. View more context for this quotation 1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. ix. 597 The Pentecostals or Whitsun-contributions. 1715 London Gaz. No. 5336/1 Their Majesties intend to go after the Whitsun-Holidays to Marienzell. 1755 W. A. Park 4 His Stockings blue,—his Garters red appear, Giv'n him by Mary at last Whitsun-Fair. 1846 J. Keble Lyra Innocentium 346 Thy dread Hours, thou awful Trinity, Are but the Whitsun airs, new set on high. 1897 W. Andrews Eng. in Days of Old 228 A Whitsun Morris-dance. 2008 K. L. French Good Women of Parish v. 172 The Robin Hood revels and Mummers' dances were part of Kingston's large Whitsun fair. < as lemmas |
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