| 单词 | to dine with duke humphrey |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto dine with Duke Humphrey P1. to dine with Duke Humphrey and variants: to go without dinner; to go hungry. Formerly also (Scottish) to dine with St. Giles and the Earl of Murray. Cf. a dinner with duke Humphrey. Now historical and rare.For further information, see note in etymology. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > supply with food [verb (intransitive)] > have little or no food to dine with Duke Humphrey1594 to box Harry1802 1594 Knacke to knowe Knaue sig. E I percieue I may goe dine with Duke Humfrie. 1604 Penniles Parl. Threed-bare Poets in Iacke of Dover Quest of Inquirie sig. G Let mee dine twice a weeke at Duke Humphries table. 1648 N. Ward Mercurius Anti-mechanicus 44 It is an Hen-hearted Æpicœne, who quarters a strange brood in his house, while his own family dines and sups with Duke Humphrey. a1682 F. Sempill Banishm. Poverty in J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems (1706) i. 13 I din'd with Saints and Noble-Men, Even sweet Saint Giles and the Earl of Murray. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lv. 202 My mistress and her mother must have dined with Duke Humphrey, had I not exerted myself. 1790 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 11 Aug. They may dine with Duke Humphrey, for any thing that his Lordship cares. 1835 P. Hawker Diary 14 Nov. (1893) II. 89 I was obliged to ‘dine with Duke Humphrey’, and content myself with a few buns. 1998 R. Fraser Shakespeare (2008) iv. 102 You went without your dinner, said a proverb in Shakespeare's England, if you dined with Duke Humphrey. < as lemmas |
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