单词 | thomasing |
释义 | Thomasingn. dialect. The begging of alms on St. Thomas's day (21 December). Also called corning, doling, or gooding. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > begging > traditional on specific occasion souling1813 gooding1818 Thomasing1847 quête1903 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > other festivities hoppingc1330 hocking1406 church ale1448 bid-alec1462 kirk-ale1543 maids' ale1547 quaff-tide1582 help-ale1587 clerk-ale1627 Chinese New Year1704 Rasa-yatra1767 spring festival1788 souling1813 gooding1818 walking day1826 yatra1827 triacontaëterid1839 pwe1842 Thomasing1847 hocking-ale1854 Mary-ale1857 Oktoberfest1859 Marymass1866 club-walking1874 Lag b'Omer1874 full moon festival1876 beerfest1877 Tanabata1880 Moon Festival1892 bierfest1908 sausage fest1908 Zar1931 rara1941 mas'1956 molimo1960 Kwanzaa1970 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Thomasing, a custom in Derbyshire, going from house to house on St. Thomas's day with a basket and can to beg milk, wheat, oatmeal, or flour. 1866 W. Henderson Notes Folk Lore Northern Counties ii. 50 The widows ask and commonly receive at the farmers' houses a small measure of wheat, and they call it ‘going a Thomasing’. 1900 Daily Chron. 3 Nov. 3 in Cassell's Encycl. Dict.: Suppl. Vol. (c1904) (at cited word) The maying, processioning, Thomasing, carolling, and other junketings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1847 |
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