| 释义 |
guiser /ˈɡʌɪzə /noun archaicA mummer in a folk play performed especially at Christmas or Halloween.Unlike in the United States, the guisers must perform a song or poem to earn their treat....- Periods of rest are provided by the arrival of the squads of guisers, each in turn performing a sketch.
- The mighty pumpkin itself has - sadly, in my opinion - supplanted our own dear and humble neep at Halloween - although it is certainly much easier to gouge out a pumpkin than a hard turnip to make a lantern for guisers.
Origin Late 15th century: from the archaic verb guise 'dress fantastically', from the noun guise. |