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单词 whitsun lady
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Whitsun lady
Whitsun lady n. now historical a young woman who is chosen, together with the Whitsun lord, to preside over the festivities at a Whitsun Ale.
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Whitsun lady1599
Whitsun lord1611
well-dresser1837
1599 J. Rainolds Overthrow Stage-playes 87 Such teachers are puritans, who can not abide whitson-ladies.
1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France 47 A Kitchen-wench,..now so tricked up with scarfs, rings, and cross-garters, that you never saw a Whitsun-Lady better rigged.
1902 N. Chesson Aquamarines 135 I am the Whitsun Lady; Mine are all glowing flowers.
1996 R. Hutton Stations of Sun xxiv. 255 Walter Woolton..told the villagers of Harberton in 1606 that he would get them a church ale and a Whitsun lord and lady again.
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