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单词 hogmace
释义 ˈhogmace Obs.
A name given (at Sandwich, Kent) to the staff of office of that serjeant-at-mace, who was hog warden; also to the officer himself.
1792W. Boys Hist. Sandwich 689, 1559..The hogmace to have one yard [of cloth] for his coat.Ibid. 785 The hog⁓mace, or sergeant at brazen mace, is first mentioned in 1471. He bears a stout staff with a brazen head.1881Jewitt in Art Jrnl. 105 In 1452 an overseer of the streets was appointed ‘who is to have a gown and a salary of 20s. a year; he is to bear the Hog Mace, to wait upon the mayor, &c.’
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