| 单词 | penny-bridal |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspenny-bridal penny-bridal n. Scottish (now historical and rare) = penny wedding n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > manner of marrying > at which guests contribute money penny-bridal1599 silver bridal1624 penny wedding1672 silver-marriage1825 penny wedder1866 silvern wedding1880 1599 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1833) I. 132 That thair be na mariage maid in this kirk, (quha hes penny brydellis,) quhill thair be first consignit x li. and certificatione gevin. 1624 in W. Cramond Ann. Banff (1893) II. 23 Anent the great abuses of pennie brydells in aill houses. c1686 R. Law Memorialls (1818) 204 They [sc. a parliament] discharged, by an act, pennie-bridells, and ordained the number of these to be at brydells to be but very few. 1837 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 680a A Welsh wedding is..similar to the merry penny-bridals of Scotland and Ireland. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood vi. 104 For a season there were no shortcomings in Bold; penny-bridals and fiddling and roystering at the change-houses were forgotten. < as lemmas |
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