Whit
Whitsunday.
Proper noun
- Newgate Prison in London, England (particularly as it was in the 15- and 1600s).
- A Bow Street Runner says "I knew a cove as talked the way you do – leastways, in the way of business I knew him! In fact, you remind me of him very strong […] He was on the dub-lay, and very clever with his fambles. He...
- One of the strong drinks brewed in the Whit, a place as noted for the variety of its potions as the irony of its expressions, was called 'South Sea'. The gin brewed in Newgate was […] - 2020 May 5, Peter Linebaugh, The...
Origin
Shortening of the surname of Dick Whittington, London mayor who funded the rebuilding of the prison.
Forms
Noun
- Whitsunday.
- Holonyms: Pentecost, Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whit (season)
- The season of Whitsuntide.
- Meronyms: Pentecost, Whitsun, Whit (day)
Synonyms: Pentecost Whitsun Whitsuntide