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Meaning of HOCKDAY

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hock"day`\, n. [Cf. AS. h[=o]cor mockery, scorn.]
A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly
observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also
{hocktide}. [Eng.] [Written also {hokeday}.]

 

 

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