| 单词 | chalk-back day |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschalk-back day chalk-back day n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year Candlemas1014 May Day1267 All Souls' Dayc1300 midsummer evena1400 firstc1400 Beltane1424 midsummer eve1426 quarter day1435 Beltane1456 mid-Sundaya1475 madding-day1568 Lord Mayor's day1591 Barnaby bright1595 Lammas-eve1597 All Saints' Night1607 Handsel Monday1635 distaff's day1648 long Barnabya1657 St. Valentine's eve1671 leet-day1690 All Fools' Day1702 Boxing Day1743 April Fool's Day1748 Royal Oak Day1759 box day1765 Oak-apple Day1802 All Souls' Eve1805 mischief night1830 Shick-shack Day1847 chalk-back day1851 call night1864 Nut-Monday1867 Arbor Day1872 April Fool's1873 Labour Day1884 Martinmas Sunday1885 call day1886 Samhain1888 Juneteenth1890 Mother's Day1890 Father's Day1908 Thinking Day1927 Punkie night1931 Tweede Nuwejaar1947 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > day for tricks All Fools' Day1702 April Fool's Day1748 mischief night1830 chalk-back day1851 April Fool's1873 1851 Notes & Queries 4 501/2 At Diss, Norfolk, it is customary for the juvenile populace, on the Thursday before the third Friday in September..to mark..each other's dress with white chalk, pleading a prescriptive right to be mischievous on ‘chalk-back day’. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 27 Feb. 2/3 In Norfolk there used to be an annual ‘Chalk-back Day’, the servants hired at the September fair at Diss being marked with chalk on either jacket or dress to indicate that they were settled. < as lemmas |
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