| 单词 | to come over the heckle pins |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come (or go) over (or through) the heckle pins P1. †to come (or go) over (or through) the heckle pins: to be subjected to harsh treatment or rigorous examination. Sc. National Dict. (at Heckle) records this phrase as still in use in Angus in 1956. [Compare the Dutch and German phrases cited at heckle v.] ΚΠ 1764 [see main sense]. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Heckle One who has undergone a strict examination, or been sharply handled in a course of probation, is said to have come o'er the heckle-pins. 1880 T. Orrock Fortha's Lyrics 109 Ye're gaun awa' tae serve the frem, a hard thing, I can tell, For I've come through the heckle-pins, an', lass, I know it well. 1920 A. Dodds Songs of Fields 5 And noo we're auld. O, Lord abune's, Gie us a while ta rest oor shins, For we're come thro' the hecklepins. < as lemmas |
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