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Hock Tuesday

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  • hock tuesday — noun Usage: usually capitalized H&T Etymology: Middle English hoke Tuesday, from hoc , hocke , hoke (in hockedai, hakeday Hockday) + Tuesday : hockday 1 …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hock Tuesday — noun see hockday …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hock tide — was an ancient general holiday in England, celebrated on the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter Sunday.Hock Tuesday was an important term day, rents being then payable, for with Michaelmas it divided the rural year into its winter and summer… …   Wikipedia

  • Hock-day — Hockˈ day or Hock Tuesday noun An old English festival held on the second Tuesday after Easter Sunday, one of the chief customs being the seizing and binding of men by women until they gave money for their liberty • • • Main Entry: ↑hock …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hock-days — Hockˈ days plural noun Hock Tuesday and the preceding day (Hock Monday) on which the men seized the women in the same way • • • Main Entry: ↑hock …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hock — The word hock may mean:wiktionary* Hock (wine), a type of wine * Hock (zoology), part of an animal s leg * Ham hock, the end of a smoked ham * To leave an item with a pawnbroker * Hans Henrich Hock, German historical linguist * Hock tide, an… …   Wikipedia

  • Hock-day — The Tuesday after Easter Sunday; important as being one of the days on which rents were to be paid. Money was also collected for parish use. It was the occasion for games like catch, when those caught had to buy their freedom ( hock themselves)… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • Hock Day — ♦ The second Tuesday after Easter Sunday; in former times an important term day, on which rents were paid, Hock day and Michaelmas dividing the rural year into its summer and winter halves. (Bennett, H.S. Life on the English Manor: A Study of… …   Medieval glossary

  • hock-day — An ancient English festival, the second or third Tuesday after Easter …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • Hocktide play — ▪ English folk play       a folk play formerly given at Coventry, Eng., on Hock Tuesday (the second Tuesday after Easter). The play was suppressed at the Protestant Reformation because of disorders attendant on it but was revived for the… …   Universalium

  • hocktide — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Middle English hoketyde, from hoke + tyde, tide time, season more at tide : Hock Monday and Hock Tuesday …   Useful english dictionary

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