Whit

nounproper nounattested in dialogue

Whitsunday.

noun

1
Whitsunday.
Holonyms: Pentecost, Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whit (season)
2
The season of Whitsuntide.
Meronyms: Pentecost, Whitsun, Whit (day)

proper noun

1
archaicNewgate Prison in London, England (particularly as it was in the 15- and 1600s).
A Bow Street Runner says "I knew a cove as talked the way you do – leastways, in the way of business I knew him! In fact, you remind me of him very strong […] He was on the dub-lay, and very clever with his fambles. He ended up in the Whit, o’ course."
One of the strong drinks brewed in the Whit, a place as noted for the variety of its potions as the irony of its expressions, was called 'South Sea'. The gin brewed in Newgate was […]

Etymology

Shortening of the surname of Dick Whittington, London mayor who funded the rebuilding of the prison.

Forms

plural: Whits

whistle · A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or…whistling · A shrill, breathy sound; a whistle.whit · The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.

Whit · Whitsunday.

white · Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all…White · A common British and Irish surname transferred from the…whites · A set of white clothes, especially as a uniform.

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