Lammastide
[ lam-uh s-tahyd ]
/ ˈlæm əsˌtaɪd /
noun
the season of Lammas.
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
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Example sentences from the Web for lammastide
When Lammastide came, all the freemen kept holiday for joy that harvest time had come.
Britain in the Middle Ages|Florence L. BowmanIn the English, and in all Scots versions, men “win their hay” at Lammastide.
Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy|Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for lammastide
Lammastide
/ (ˈlæməsˌtaɪd) /
noun
archaic the season of Lammas
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