单词 | mansion house fund |
释义 | > as lemmasMansion House Fund Mansion House Fund n. now historical (in the Victorian era) any of various charitable relief funds collected by the Lord Mayor of London through a public appeal. ΚΠ 1876 Classified Directory Metrop. Charities 75 Mansion-house funds, contributions are received from time to time for the relief of special distress. 1965 D. Owen Eng. Philanthropy xviii. 513 London saw a succession of ‘Mansion House Funds’, and during the depressed years of the '[18]80's most of the larger centers broke into a rash of emergency collections. < as lemmas |
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