单词 | banbury |
释义 | Banburyn. A town in Oxfordshire, England, formerly noted for the number and zeal of its Puritan inhabitants, still for its cakes. ΚΠ 1530 H. Latimer Let. 1 Dec. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1344/2 Theire lawes, customes, ceremonies, and Banbery gloses. 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. iii. sig. E3v Put off your cloathes, and you are like a Banbery cheese, Nothing but paring. 1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1668) ii. ii. 100 To make Banbury Cakes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 119 Bar. You Banbery Cheese. View more context for this quotation 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre i. iii. 6 in Wks. II What call you the Reuerend Elder? you told me of? your Banbury-man. 1836 E. Howard Rattlin, the Reefer I. xiii. 129 Had they not trustingly eschewed banbury-cakes. 1863 G. A. Sala Strange Adventures Capt. Dangerous I. i. 15 I did ever hate your sanctimonious Banbury-man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1530 |
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