| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Hanging Gale | Literature | 1: "We went to collect the rents due the 25th March, but which, owing to the custom which prevails in Ireland known as `the hanging gale,' are never demanded till the 29th September." - The Times, November, 1885. 2: (The). The custom of taking six months' grace in the payment of rent which prevailed in Ireland. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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