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单词 hodden
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Definition of hodden in English:

hodden

noun ˈhɒd(ə)nˈhädn
mass nounNorthern English, Scottish
  • A coarse woollen cloth.

    〈主苏格兰,主北英格兰〉粗织羊毛呢,粗呢

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘I found,’ he says (speaking of the condition of his own farmers), ‘my few tenants without leases, subject to the blacksmith of the barony; thirled to its mills; wedded to the wretched system of out-field and in; bound to pay kain and to perform personal services; clothed in hodden, and lodged in hovels.’
    • At any rate, all around there are people like them, all part of a modern tribe, a vast nomadic group, mostly young, urban, clever, a little intimidating, given to expensive hodden clothes and rimless glasses.

Origin

Late 16th century: of unknown origin.

Rhymes

Culloden, modern, sodden, trodden

Definition of hodden in US English:

hodden

nounˈhädn
Scottish, Northern English
  • A coarse woolen cloth.

    〈主苏格兰,主北英格兰〉粗织羊毛呢,粗呢

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘I found,’ he says (speaking of the condition of his own farmers), ‘my few tenants without leases, subject to the blacksmith of the barony; thirled to its mills; wedded to the wretched system of out-field and in; bound to pay kain and to perform personal services; clothed in hodden, and lodged in hovels.’
    • At any rate, all around there are people like them, all part of a modern tribe, a vast nomadic group, mostly young, urban, clever, a little intimidating, given to expensive hodden clothes and rimless glasses.

Origin

Late 16th century: of unknown origin.

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