| 单词 | maiden-garnish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmaiden-garnish b. A similar payment among workmen; also maiden-garnish. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > entrance fee > for joining society, guild, or group Hanse1200 ingress1607 footing1692 livery fine1701 garnish1759 chummage1777 1759 O. Goldsmith Bee 3 Nov. 139 There are numberless faulty expences among the workmen; clubs, garnishes, freedoms, and such like impositions. 1859 J. D. Burn Autobiogr. Beggar Boy (ed. 4) 144 The gold old fuddling times of short turns, maiden garnishes, and a hundred other little imposts. 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Garnish, footing-money.—Yorkshire. 1896 Daily News 28 Feb. 5/4 A fine of four gallons [of beer] is called a ‘garnish’, and when a man finds his first lot of work..he pays his ‘maiden garnish’. < as lemmas |
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