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Gregory|ˈgrɛgərɪ|
[Uses of the proper name.]
†1. App. a ‘gallant’. Obs.
1599Massinger, etc. Old Law iii. ii, Faith, and I've other weapons for the rest too, I have prepard for em, if ere I take My Gregories heere agen.
†2. A hangman. Obs. (Cf. Gregorian A. 4.)
Gregory Brandon, common hangman of London in the reign of James I. was succeeded in office by his son Richard (d. 1649) who was commonly called ‘Young Gregory’.
[1642Merc. Aulicus 553 This mighty gentlemans stollen Venison will not be sweet, when Gregory shall demand his fees.] a1658Cleveland To T. C. 10 Wks. (1687) 262 Are Rocks and Halters grown so dear That there's no perishing but here? Do no Committee yet survive Those cheaper Gregories of Men alive?
†3. The name of an old game. Obs.
1801Strutt Sports & Past. iv. iv. (1876) 513 Pick-point..and Gregory, occur in a description of the children's games in the sixteenth century.
4. Anglo-Irish. A feast held on St. Gregory's day (12 Mar.). In quot. 1804 used for: An evening party.
1804Lady Hunter in Sir M. Hunter's Jrnl. (1894) 216, I have been at one or two gregorys—stupid card-parties, where you are crammed with tea, coffee and cakes, and then in an hour or two cold turkey, ham, and profusion of tarts, etc. 1830W. Carleton Traits & Stor. Irish Peasantry (1843) I. 321 To-morrow we will have our Gregory; a fine faste, plinty of poteen, and a fiddle. 1892L. L. K. in N. & Q. 20 Aug. 145/2 ‘Gregories’ were at one time common all over Europe. |