mascotryn.
/ˈmaskətri/, U.S. /ˈmæskətri/ Attachment to or belief in mascots; the use of mascots.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > charm or amulet > for luck > belief in
mascotry1900
mascotism1904
1900 M. Thomson Divine Comedy Patriotism 84 He was, I infer from his poems, exempt from all mascotry.
1923 Sunday at Home May 504/3 There is a worse aspect of mascotry than mere folly,..for mascotry is, in its essence, simply idolatry.
1998 Northern Echo (Nexis) 22 Sept. 22 71st match of the season so far and second visit to Ramsbottom. On the first they'd had a real ram tied to the fence, an exercise in mascotry that proved distinctly unlucky.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1900- you she etc can stick it up your her bum
- you she etc can stick it up your his bum
- you should hear
- you should see
- you snooze, you lose
- you story!
- you tell etc
- you tell her
- you tell him
- you tell me
- you tell us
- you understand what i mean
- you wait till
- you wait until
- you wait!
- you wee beauty
- you wee dancer
- you win
- you win some, you lose some
- you wish
- you won't catch etc
- you won't catch her
- you won't catch him
- you won't catch me
- you wot not what