Meanings
proper noun
- obsoleteObsolete form of Martinmas.
Deliver'd with good respect. And how doth the Martlemas, your master?
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]1 more example
How old art thou now, Adam? / Four score, come Martlemas: and by our Lady, I can run with a lapwing.
1796, George Colman the Younger, The Iron Chest, act I, scene 2
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