Crossword-Solution: HOGMANAY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Hogmanay | n. | The old name, in Scotland, for the last day of the year, on which children go about singing, and receive a dole of bread or cakes; also, the entertainment given on that day to a visitor, or the gift given to an applicant. |
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| HOGMANAY | anagram | MAHOGANY |
We have 3 clues for the answer “HOGMANAY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| New Year's Eve in Scotland | 1 answer |
| last day of year | 1 answer |
| New Year | 4 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with HOGMANAY (5)
Not even at Hogmanay, though I was sair temptit.” He swung his heels up on the seat, and burrowed a frowsy head into the cushions.
But for it, I think she might have wrestled through the winter: however, it was ordered otherwise, and she was removed from mine to Abraham’s bosom on Christmas-day, and buried on Hogmanay, for it was thought uncanny to have a dead corpse in the house on the new-year’s day.
Kibbock, adhered to the course I had adopted; but at the close of the year my heart was sorrowful for the schism; and my prayer on Hogmanay was one of great bitterness of soul, that such an evil had come to pass.
Hagmena, or Hogmanay, is a north-country name for New Year's eve; the name is also applied to the offering for which children go round and beg on that evening.
For example, on the last day of the year, or Hogmanay as it was called, it used to be customary in the Highlands of Scotland for a man to dress himself up in a cow's hide and thus attired to go from house to house, attended by young fellows, each of them armed with a staff, to which a bit of raw hide was tied.