Martinmas
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Martinmas
1250–1300; Middle English Martinmasse. See Saint (Saint) Martin, Mass ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The funeral over, the family removed to Mossgiel, in the parish of Mauchline, where, at Martinmas, Robert and Gilbert had rented another farm.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Charles Dudley Warner
If I had been wise, and had ta'en advice,5 And dane as my bonny love bade me, I would hae been married at Martinmas, And been wi' my rantin' laddie.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
In his spacious dwelling near the ship-quay of Middelfert, the fraternity of porpoise-hunters had a place of deposit for their large captures between Martinmas and Candlemas.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
Rainbow, rainbow, Rin away hame; Come again at Martinmas, When a’ the corn’s in.
From Rhymes Old and New : collected by M.E.S. Wright by M. E. S. Wright
It fell about the Martinmas time, And a gay time it was then, When our goodwife got puddings to make, And she’s boil’d them in the pan.
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick
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