Whit
sustantivonombre propioatestiguado en diálogos
Whitsunday.
sustantivo
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Whitsunday.
Holonyms: Pentecost, Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whit (season)
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The season of Whitsuntide.
Meronyms: Pentecost, Whitsun, Whit (day)
nombre propio
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arcaicoNewgate 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 […]
Etimología
Shortening of the surname of Dick Whittington, London mayor who funded the rebuilding of the prison.
Formas
- plural
- Whits