| 单词 | on the skite |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the skite 5. A jollification, a spree, a binge. Frequently in on the skite. Originally and chiefly Scottish. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [noun] mirthOE joyc1275 jollitya1300 joy-makingc1330 good fellowship?c1430 wine and womena1450 junketing1555 merrymake1579 gaiety1612 jovialty1621 joviality1626 mirth-making1638 jovialness1658 jollitry?c1685 goodfellowhood1716 merrymaking1779 conviviality1791 jollification1818 making-merry1823 carnivalizing1841 skite1869 Wein, Weib, und Gesang1885 balling1942 1869 St. Andrews Gaz. 27 Nov. 3/6 A correspondent..sends the following..catalogue of synonyms of whisky and whisky drinking in the West of Scotland:—..on the skyte. 1895 W. Stewart Lilts 65 When ye went on the ‘skite’ an' sent railway things glee'd. 1909 J. J. Bell Oh! Christina xiv. 112 You an' me's gaun to ha'e an' awfu' skite, eh, auntie? 1946 J. Irving Royal Navalese 158 Skite (skyte), on the, indulging in an orgy; on ‘the tiles’. 1954 Times 16 Nov. 4/1 The Bejant skite (the party of the first-year students). 1972 N. Smythe in E. Berman Ten of Best (1979) 113 I was a bit too fond of the old jar, Went on the skite once too often. < as lemmas |
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