BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY

Meaning of BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY in English

Inexplicably eerie UK rural slang for twilight. Example: Get them sheep in, lad. Blindman's Holiday'll soon be'pon us.

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY — “- noun Etymology: blind man archaic : twilight
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY — () The time between daylight and candle light.
Английский словарь Webster
BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY — The time between daylight and candle light.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY — the time between daylight and candle light.
Webster English vocab
BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY — Night, darkness.
Slang English vocab
HOLIDAY — I. ˈhäləˌdā, chiefly Brit -_di noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hāligdæg, from hālig holy + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLINDMAN — -dmən noun ( plural blindmen blind ( mail ) illegible or insufficiently addressed mail + man ) chiefly Britain : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOLIDAY — /hol"i day'/ , n. 1. a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOLIDAY — I. ˈhä-lə-ˌdā, Britain usually ˈhä-lə-dē noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hāligdæg, from hālig holy + dæg day Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOLIDAY
Webster English vocab
HOLIDAY — [hol.i.day] n [ME, fr. OE haligdaeg, fr. halig holy + daeg day] (bef. 12c) 1: holy day 2: a day …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOLIDAY — holiday, H~ BrE AmE ˈhɒl ə deɪ -ɪ-, -di AmE ˈhɑːl- ▷ holiday|ed d ▷ holiday|ing ɪŋ ▷ holiday|s z …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOLIDAY — / ˈhɒlədeɪ; NAmE ˈhɑːl- BrE also -di/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] (also holi·days [ pl. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOLIDAY — I. hol ‧ i ‧ day 1 S1 W2 /ˈhɒlədi, ˈhɒlɪdi, -deɪ $ ˈhɑːlədeɪ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOLIDAY — n. & v. --n. 1 esp. Brit. (often in pl.) an extended period of recreation, esp. away from home or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOLIDAY — n. & v. n. 1 esp. Brit. (often in pl.) an extended period of recreation, esp. away from home or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOLIDAY — n. & v. --n. 1. esp. Brit. (often in pl.) an extended period of recreation, esp. away from home or …
Oxford English vocab
HOLIDAY — ( holidays, holidaying, holidayed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A holiday …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOLIDAY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a beach holiday British English (= a holiday spent mainly at the beach ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOLIDAY — UK and ANZ, US vacation [noun] - a time, often one or two weeks, when someone does not go to …
Cambridge English vocab
HOLIDAY — Synonyms and related words : AWOL, Admission Day, Arbor Day, Armed Forces Day, Armistice Day, Army Day, Bastille Day, Christmas, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOLIDAY — A holiday bowler; a bad bowler. Blind man's holiday; darkness, night. A holiday is any part of a ship's bottom, …
Slang English vocab
HOLIDAY — noun 1 ( BrE ) period of time away from home for pleasure ⇨ See also ↑ vacation ADJECTIVE ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HOLIDAY — See ↑ HOLIDAY/VACATION 1,2,3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ go on holiday
Longman Activator English vocab
HOLIDAY — n. 25B6; noun a ten-day holiday : VACATION, break, rest, recess; time off, time out, leave, furlough, sabbatical; trip, tour, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOLIDAY — noun 1 BAD : She said she was going on holidays to France. GOOD : She said she was going …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
HOLIDAY — 1. сущ. 1) праздник, день отдыха to celebrate, observe a holiday ≈ отмечать праздник national holiday ≈ национальный праздник religious …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOLIDAY — holiday.ogg 1. ʹhɒlıdı n 1. праздник; день отдыха, нерабочий, неприсутственный день national holiday - национальный праздник legal /official, public, bank/ …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HOLIDAY — 1. ʹhɒlıdı n 1. праздник; день отдыха, нерабочий, неприсутственный день national holiday - национальный праздник legal /official, public, bank/ holiday …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HOLIDAY — 1. сущ. 1) праздник, день отдыха to celebrate, observe a holiday — отмечать праздник state holiday — амер. праздник штата …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HOLIDAY — 1. сущ. 1) праздник, день отдыха to celebrate, observe a holiday — отмечать праздник state holiday — амер. праздник штата national holiday — национальный …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HOLIDAY — 1. _n. 1> праздник, день отдыха 2> отпуск - month's holiday - busman's holiday 3> _pl. каникулы 4> _attr. праздничный, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HOLIDAY — 1. n. 1. праздник, день отдыха 2. отпуск - month's holiday - busman's holiday 3. pl. каникулы 4. attr. праздничный, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HOLIDAY — 1. _n. 1> праздник, день отдыха 2> отпуск; a month's holiday месячный отпуск; busman's holiday _разг. отпуск, проведённый на работе …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
HOLIDAY — 1) нерабочий день; праздник 2) pl каникулы; отпуск - holidays with pay - annual holidays - bank holiday - legal …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
HOLIDAY — 1. сущ. 1) общ. праздник to celebrate [observe] a holiday — отмечать праздник national holiday — национальный праздник religious holiday — религиозный праздник See: floating holiday 2) …
Новый англо-русский толковый словарь по менеджменту и экономике труда
HOLIDAY — 1. сущ. 1) праздник, день отдыха to celebrate, observe a holiday ≈ отмечать праздник national holiday ≈ национальный праздник religious …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BLINDMAN'S BUFF — noun Date: 1599 a group game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify another player
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BLINDMAN'S BLUFF — noun see: blindman's buff
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BLINDMAN'S BUFF — ˈblīn(d)ˌmanz-, -ˌmaa(ə)nz- noun Etymology: blind man + buff (buffet) 1. : a group game in which a blindfolded player tries …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLINDMAN'S BUFF — () A play in which one person is blindfolded, and tries to catch some one of the company and tell …
Английский словарь Webster
BLINDMAN'S BUFF — A play in which one person is blindfolded, and tries to catch some one of the company and tell who …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLINDMAN'S BUFF — /bluynd"manz' buf"/ a game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify one of the other players. Also …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLINDMAN'S BLUFF — see blindman's buff
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLINDMAN'S BUFF — noun Date: 1599 : a group game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify another player — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLINDMAN'S BUFF — a play in which one person is blindfolded, and tries to catch some one of the company and tell who …
Webster English vocab
BLINDMAN'S BUFF — [blind.man's buff] n (1600): a group game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify another player--called also …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLINDMAN'S BUFF — children's game played as early as 2,000 years ago in Greece. The game is variously known in Europe: Italy, mosca …
Britannica English vocabulary
HOODMAN-BLIND — noun Date: 1565 blindman's buff
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOODMAN-BLIND — |hu̇dmən| ̷ ̷ noun archaic : blindman's buff
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GENERAL POST — noun 1. : blindman's buff in which players are designated by place names and are called upon to change seats …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOODMAN-BLIND — (n.) An old term for blindman's buff.
Английский словарь Webster
BUFF (11) — (n.) A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff."
Английский словарь Webster
HOODMAN-BLIND — ( n. ) An old term for blindman's buff.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BUFF — ( n. ) A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff."
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOODMAN-BLIND — /hood"meuhn bluynd"/ , n. Archaic. See blindman's buff . [ 1555-65 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOODMAN-BLIND — noun Date: 1565 archaic : blindman's buff
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOODMAN-BLIND — noun an old term for blindman's buff.
Webster English vocab
BUFF — adj firm; sturdy. 2. buff ·adj made of buff leather. 3. buff ·adj of the color of buff. 4. buff …
Webster English vocab
HOODMAN-BLIND — [hood.man-blind] n (1565) archaic: blindman's buff
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHILDREN'S GAME — any of the amusements and pastimes of children that may involve spontaneous, unstructured activity, based mostly on fantasy and imagination, …
Britannica English vocabulary
YEAR IN REVIEW 2001: LITERATURE — Arabic Arab intellectuals were preoccupied in 2000 with globalization, and the dubious nature of that phenomenon was questioned in two …
Britannica English vocabulary
YEAR IN REVIEW 2000: LITERATURE
Britannica English vocabulary

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