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单词 whitsuntiding
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Whitsuntidingn.

Brit. /ˈwɪtsntʌɪdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪts(ə)nˌtaɪdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Whitsuntide v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < Whitsuntide v. + -ing suffix1.
now rare.
The action or practice of celebrating Whitsuntide, or of spending the Whitsuntide holiday somewhere.
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1866 Leicester Chron. & Leics. Mercury 26 May 3/4 On Sunday the town was filled with country cousins and friends who had come a ‘Whitsuntiding’.
1895 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 June 3/1 The first sitting of the House of Lords after its several weeks of Whitsuntiding.
1928 Sunday Express 27 May 12/4 Let us go Whitsuntiding together.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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