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montem
Noun
UK
historical
Japanese Meaning
イートン・スクールの生徒が、かつて三番目のホイット・チューズデーに、バス道路沿いの丘に集まり、通行人から「塩銭」(大学進学費用としての寄付金)を徴収するという、歴史的な風習を指す。
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(UK, historical) A former custom of Eton schoolboys to go to a hill on the Bath road every third Whit Tuesday to demand 'salt-money' from passers-by, for the university expenses of the senior scholar or school captain.
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montem
Every third Whit Tuesday, a spirited band of Eton boys marched up montem to demand 'salt-money' for their senior scholar's university expenses.
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Every third Whit Tuesday, a spirited band of Eton boys marched up montem to demand 'salt-money' for their senior scholar's university expenses.
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