| 单词 | salt-bearer |
| 释义 | > as lemmassalt-bearer salt-bearer n. (at the Eton montem, see quots.). ΚΠ a1769 in Brand's Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1813) I. 344 (note) Two of the scholars called Salt-bearers, dressed in white, with a handkerchief of Salt in their hands. 1864 R. Chambers Bk. of Days II. 665/2 The salt-bearers were accustomed to carry..a handkerchief filled with salt, of which they bestowed a small quantity on every individual who contributed his quota to the subsidy. < as lemmas |
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