| 释义 |
† Paltock's inn Obs. rare.
[perh. from a proper name.]
A mean or inhospitable place.
1579Gosson Sch. Abuse (Arb.) 52 Comming to Chenas, a blind village, in comparison of Athens a Paltockes Inne. 1582Stanyhurst æneis iii. (Arb.) 72 Swiftlye they determind too flee from a countrye so wycked, Paltocks Inne leauing, too wrinche thee nauye too southward. |