| 单词 | to call absence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto call absence 4. Eton College (formerly also Rugby School). The calling of the roll; roll-call. Also in to call absence. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [noun] > reading aloud of names call1606 absence1753 mustering1769 bill1814 muster roll1834 call-over1863 1753 H. Walpole in World 31 May 133 Our custom of calling absence; that is, calling over the list of names, to which each boy is expected to appear and answer. 1798 T. James Let. 14 Oct. in S. Butler Life & Lett. S. Butler (1896) I. iii. 25 Half-holiday [at Rugby School]—Absence at three & five, or half past five in summer. 1814 Gentleman's Mag. June 538 The gentlemen of Eton School..had put off the finery of the day, and appeared at Absence in their common dress. 1834 New Sporting Mag. Dec. 250 My master..went..into the school-yard, where Dr. Keate was calling absence. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 June 10 Absence, as it is called at Eton, requiring the presence of the boys to answer their names. 1927 Daily Express 7 Dec. 15 An invitation to Eton... I reached School Yard in time for Absence or roll call. 1990 Times (Nexis) 20 Mar. A master takes roll-call at what Eton describes, with ancient lateral logic, as Absence. < as lemmas |
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