Chewidden Thursday

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The last Thursday at least one week before Christmas, a traditional tinners' holiday in Cornwall.

Word forms

Chewidden Thursday

Etymology

Named after a saint, supposed to have been the first to smelt tin.

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