| 单词 | michaelmas rent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMichaelmas rent Michaelmas rent n. ΚΠ 1572 Sir N. Bacon in A. H. Smith et al. Papers N. Bacon of Stiffkey (1979) I. 36 He was content you showld have Michaelmas rent..of his land. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia (Arb.) iv. 619 Thus they spend Michaelmas rent in Mid-summer Moone, and would gather their Haruest before they haue planted their Corne. 1763 Museum Rusticum (ed. 2) I. 75 If the markets are low, they fail in the payment of their Michaelmas rent. 1976 Shakespeare Q. 27 327 (note) A notable instance is the vivid..account..of the feasts Henry, third Earl of Lonsdale, gave for his tenants in the 1830s when they came..to pay their Lady Day and Michaelmas rents. < as lemmas |
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