| 单词 | shroving cock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshroving cock shroving cock n. = Shrovetide cock n. at Shrovetide n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > cock-throwing > [noun] > cock shroving cock1629 shrove-cock1659 Shrove Tuesday cock1697 Shrovetide cock1700 the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > used in festivals shroving cock1629 shrove-cock1659 Shrove Tuesday cock1697 Shrovetide cock1700 1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia To Rdr. sig. A3v That he might stand like a Iack-a-Lent, or a Shrouing Cocke for euery one to spend a Cudgell at. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cccxcviii. 372 The Cudgelling of Shroving-Cocks is a Barbarous custom. < as lemmas |
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