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Hocktide
Hock·tide [ hók td ]


noun 
Definition:
 
U.K. old post-Easter festival: formerly, a festival during which money was raised for the church.second Monday and Tuesday after Easter.
[15th century. <Hock- "beginning of the second week after Easter," origin ?]
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