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单词 cock-money
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cock-money
cock-money n. Obsolete a customary payment made to a schoolmaster at Shrovetide in certain schools in Scotland and the north of England, originally as a contribution towards the costs of cockfighting or cock-throwing; cf. cock-penny n.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > fee for services rendered > [noun] > fee of professional person > money paid to schoolmaster > in connection with cock-fighting
cock-penny1524
victor penny1525
cock-money1687
1687 in G. Lorimer Early Days St. Cuthbert's Church (1915) xi. 166 Mr John Cunninghame to be one of the Doctors of the said school wt. power..to uplift..the halfe of the Cock money and the halfe of the handsell.
1754 in Jrnl. Chester & N. Wales Archæol. & Hist. Soc. (1955) 42 31 He shall take 2/6 Fire money and 2/6 Cock money.
1876 J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. ii. xiv. 478 Fastern's E'en when the Master received from the boys a small contribution under the name of Cock-Money.
1911 School Rev. 19 131 The emoluments of masters of these schools were meager, the principal sources of income being from church lands,..Candlemas offerings, and cock-money.
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