单词 | hearth-warming |
释义 | > as lemmashearth-warming hearth-warming n. an event held to celebrate a new house or new premises; (also) the holding of such an event; cf. house-warming n. 2a, 2b. ΚΠ 1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry II. 158 Among the peasantry no new house is ever put up without a hearth-warming, and a dance. 1912 Handicraft Feb. 404 The Society of Arts and Crafts will open its new building..with a ‘Hearth-Warming’ and Banquet. 1995 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 9 Aug. b8 Symbolic hearth warming, heavenly fireworks and heavy games will be on the highland fields as the Fergus Scottish Festival turns 50 this weekend at Victoria Park. < as lemmas |
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