†(a) = petty sessions n. at petty, adj. n.compounds 1b (obsolete); (b) = statute fair n. (now historical).
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > hiring market (16) statute sessions1562 †(a) = petty sessions n. at petty, adj. n.compounds 1b (obsolete); (b) = statute fair n. (now historical). statutea1600 British. = statute fair n. at compounds 3. Now historical. sittinga1642 English regional (Yorkshire). An annual fair or gathering at which servants or farm labourers are hired; a statute fair. In later use chiefly in p… mop1677 A fair or gathering held annually in certain towns and villages, originally for the purpose of hiring servants or farm labourers; a statute fair… statute fair1704 a fair or gathering held annually in certain towns and villages for the purpose of hiring servants or farm labourers. port1760 Scottish. An open space near the gate of a town, at which labourers were hired in open market; (hence) a hiring market or fair held in such a… statute hall1763 a hall used during a statute fair for the hiring of servants or farm labourers. statute hiring1793 = statute fair n. hiring1825 local. (See quot. 1825.) (Also statute hiring.) feeing market1865 The hiring of servants for a fee. feeing market, hiring market; a general semi-annual gathering of farm hands for the purpose of hiring themselves… hiring-fair1883 = sense 2. Soul-mass hiring1884 (in plural) a hiring fair held on or about All Souls' Day. giglet-fair1890 a statute fair for hiring servant-girls (but cf. gig-fair n. at gig, n.1 compounds). Subcategories:— hiring day (1) — of dockers (2) |
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