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单词 spur money
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spur money
spur money n. Obsolete a fine imposed by the choristers of certain privileged chapels on anyone entering with spurs on; = spur silver n.
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society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > for infringement of chapel rules
spur silver1500
spur money1566
solace1683
1566 in Notes & Queries 1st Ser. I. 494/1 Every quorister sholde bringe with him to Churche a Testament..rather than spend their tyme in talk and hunting after spur money.
1864 C. Knight Passages Working Life I. 77 Thus have I seen a stranger civilian stalk into the choir of St. George's Chapel. The spur was instantly detected; and when the bewildered man was surrounded by a bevy of white surplices..there was no help for him but to pay the spur-money.
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