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A custom, formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton school, England, of going every third year, on Whittuesday, to a hillock near the Bath road, and exacting money from all passers-by, to support at the university the s…

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  1. n. A custom, formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton school, England, of going every third year, on Whittuesday, to a hillock near the Bath road, and exacting money from all passers-by, to support at the university the senior scholar of the school.
  2. A custom, formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton school, England, of giing every third year, on Whittuesday, to a hillock near the Bath road, and exacting money from all passers-by, to support at the university the senior scholar of the school.
  3. A custom, formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton school,England, of giing every third year, on Whittuesday, to a hillock nearthe Bath road, and exacting money from all passers-by, to support atthe university the senior scholar of the school.