单词 | gregory |
释义 | Gregoryn.ΘΠ the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > brave warrior > a gallant blade1597 Gregorya1627 stud horse1868 a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) iii. 40 Faith and I've other weapons for the rest too, I have prepard for em, if ere I take My Gregories heere agen. ΘΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > hangman boiec1320 hangman1393 hangerc1430 lockman1488 burrioc1540 bourreauc1550 burriourc1550 derrickc1600 passport-maker1602 topman1607 derrick-jastro?1609 verdugo1616 windpipe-stretcher1617 Gregorya1658 locksman1682 Ketch1685 Jack Ketch1696 finisher of the law1708 topsman1825 scrag-boy1843 scragger1897 1642 Mercurius Aulicus 553 This mighty gentlemans stollen Venison will not be sweet, when Gregory shall demand his fees.] a1658 J. Cleveland To T. C. 10, in Wks. (1687) 262 Are Rocks and Halters grown so dear That there's no perishing but here? Do no Committee yet survive Those cheaper Gregories of Men alive? ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > others buckle-pit1532 marrowbone1533 put-pin?1577 primus secundus1584 fox in the hole1585 haltering of Hick's mare1585 muss1591 pushpin1598 Jack-in-the-box1600 a penny in the forehead1602 buckerels1649 bumdockdousse1653 peck-point1653 toro1660 wheelbarrow1740 thread-needle1751 thrush-a-thrush1766 runaway ring?1790 Gregory1801 pick-point1801 fighting cocks1807 runaway knock1813 tit-tat-toe1818 French and English1820 honeypots1821 roly-poly1821 tickle-tail1821 pottle1822 King of Cantland1825 tip-top-castle1834 tile1837 statue1839 chip stone1843 hen and chickens1843 king of the castle1843 King Caesar1849 rap-jacket1870 old witch1881 tick-tack-toe1884 twos and threes1896 last across (the road)1904 step1909 king of the hill1928 Pooh-sticks1928 trick or treat1928 stare-you-out1932 king of the mountain1933 dab cricket1938 Urkey1938 trick-or-treating1941 seven-up1950 squashed tomato1959 slot-racing1965 Pog1993 knights- 1801 J. Strutt Sports & Pastimes iv. iv. 298 Pick-point..and Gregory, occur in a description of the children's games in the sixteenth century. 4. Anglo-Irish. A feast held on St. Gregory's day (12 March). In quot. 1804 used for: An evening party. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > evening gathering conversazione1740 evening party1742 sociable1750 evening1791 soirée1793 Gregory1804 veillée1825 tertulia1828 swarry1837 social evening1844 1804 Lady Hunter in M. Hunter Jrnl. (1894) 216 I have been at one or two gregorys—stupid card-parties, where you are crammed with tea, coffee and cakes, and then in an hour or two cold turkey, ham, and profusion of tarts, etc. 1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry II. 204 To-morrow we will have our Gregory; a fine faste, plinty of poteen, and a fiddle. 1892 L. L. K. in Notes & Queries 20 Aug. 145/2 ‘Gregories’ were at one time common all over Europe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.a1627 |
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