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 Hock.Hock-day or Hock Tuesday. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Hock Cart.
 
The high cart, the last cart-load of harvest.   1
       
“The harvest swains and wenches bound
For joy, to see the hock-cart crowned.”
       
Herrick: Hesperides, p. 114.
 


 Hock.Hock-day or Hock Tuesday. 

 
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