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单词 passion dock
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passion dockn.

Brit. /ˈpaʃn ˌdɒk/, U.S. /ˈpæʃ(ə)n ˌdɑk/
Forms: see passion n. and dock n.1; also 1800s– payshun dock (Lancashire), 1800s– peyshen dock (Lancashire).
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: passion n., dock n.1
Etymology: Apparently < passion n. + dock n.1 Compare earlier patience n.2, passions n., and patience dock n. 1.
English regional (northern).
The plant bistort, Polygonum bistorta. Cf. passions n., patience dock n. 1.
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1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) at Patience Dock The leaves of the passion dock were a principal ingredient in herb puddings, which were formerly made..in this district, about the season of the passion.
1870 W. C. Hazlitt Brand's Pop. Antiq. Great Brit. (rev. ed.) I. 89 In the North of England, they make a herb-pudding, composed, among other ingredients, of the passion-dock, on this day [sc. Good Friday].
1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 231 Easter Ledger Pudding, in which Polygonum bistorta is an ingredient, is still eaten in the Lake District at Easter time, or properly in Passion-tide, the last two weeks of Lent, which explains ‘Passion Dock’ and ‘Patience Dock’ (though the names may be influenced by the medicinal Dock, Rumex patientia, which was known as Patience).
1984 Listener 19 Apr. 18/2 Equally timely for this week are the leaves of the bistort, or Passion dock..which is traditionally eaten as Easter-Ledge Pudding.
1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 104/2 Bistort was also once called ‘passion dock’, and the pudding almost certainly originated as a cleansing, bitter dish for Lent, traditionally eaten in the two weeks before Easter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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