| 单词 | belsnickeling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbelˈsnickeling belˈsnickeling n. the action or custom of going about merrymaking at Christmas or New Year in disguise; see main sense. ΚΠ 1923 Evening Sun (Hanover, Pa.) 24 Dec. 7/1 (heading) ‘Belsnickling’ of Teutonic Origin. 1940 Pennsylvania: Guide to Keystone State (Federal Writers' Project) 61 [The mummer's parade's] immediate ancestor is the old German tradition of ‘bell-snickeling’. As early as 1800 scattered groups of mummers from South Philadelphia paraded the streets and rang bells to receive the award of cakes and candy if their identity was not guessed. 1964 E. L. Smith Pennsylvania Germans of Shenandoah Valley 119 An amazing number of elderly residents of the dialect-speaking neighborhoods of the Valley remember when ‘belsnickeling’ was common throughout the Christmas season. 2007 Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg, Va.) 6 Dec. (Escape section) 3/2 Belsnickling was a tradition, brought with German immigrants, where costumed revelers went from house to house partying. < as lemmas |
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