| 单词 |
tithe-pig |
| 释义 |
ˈtithe-pig A pig due or taken as tithe.
1555[see tithe n.1 4 a]. 1562Child-Marr. 138 He thinkes the tithe pigge withelden, was worth xxd,—for so they sell. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. i. iv. 79 Somtime comes she with Tith pigs tale [tail], tickling a Parsons nose as a lies asleepe. 16022nd Pt. Return fr. Parnass. iii. i. 1074 A parson that was neuer in the vniuersity, is a liuing creature that can eate a tithe pigge. 1663Butler Hud. i. iii. 1206 Where ev'ry Village is a See As well as Rome, and must maintain A Tithe-Pig Metropolitan. 1772R. Graves Spir. Quixote (1820) II. 249 Then the rector, In sleek surcingle with good tithe-pig stuff'd. 1826Scott Woodst. xvi, The parsons..have lost their tithe-pigs. |

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