Allhallond

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Allhallond

  1. (obsolete) All Hallows'
    • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 65, column 2:
      Clo[wne]. [] And I beſeech you, looke into Maſter Froth here ſir, a man of foure-ſcore pound a yeare; whoſe father died at Hallowmas: Was’t not at Hallowmas Maſter Froth? / Fro[th]. Allhallond-Eue.