单词 | headless horseman |
释义 | > as lemmasheadless horseman headless horseman n. an apparition or ghost in the form of a headless man riding a horse. ΚΠ 1820 W. Irving Legend of Sleepy Hollow in Sketch Bk. II. iv. 98 The stories..turned upon the favourite spectre of Sleepy Hollow, the headless horseman who had been heard several times of late. 1866 M. Reid Headless Horseman Prol. 2 Heedless of the affrighted deer..the Headless Horseman rides on. 1906 E. Z. Elliott Old Schuylkill Tales 106 Sleepy Hollow was not the only locality that boasted of a headless horseman. Schuylkill County had one also, but there was no Washington Irving to immortalize him. 2000 Times 28 Oct. (Weekend section) 3/1 The Trust..is promoting its haunted houses for Hallowe'en with tales of headless horsemen,..and a ‘blue woman’ who shakes beds. < as lemmas |
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