HOCK-DAY
\hˈɒkdˈe͡ɪ], \hˈɒkdˈeɪ], \h_ˈɒ_k_d_ˈeɪ]\
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A day of feasting and mirth, formerly held in England, to celebrate the destruction of the Danes by Ethelred.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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hok'-d[=a], n. an old English festival held on the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter Sunday, one of the chief customs being the seizing and binding of passengers until they gave money for their liberty, Monday the men by the women, Tuesday the women by the men.--Also HOCK'-TIDE.
By Thomas Davidson
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