“Thomasing”的英文意思

单词

Thomasing

释义

Thomasing dial.|ˈtɒməsɪŋ|
[f. Thomas + -ing¹.]
The begging of alms on St. Thomas's day (21 Dec.). Also called corning, doling, or gooding.
1847–78Halliwell, Thomasing, a custom in Derbyshire, going from house to house on St. Thomas's day with a basket and can to beg milk, wheat, oatmeal, or flour.1866W. Henderson Folk Lore ii. 50 The widows ask and commonly receive at the farmers' houses a small measure of wheat, and they call it ‘going a Thomasing’.1900Daily Chron. 3 Nov. 3 (Cass. Supp.) The maying, processioning, Thomasing, carolling, and other junketings.

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