Hocktide

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hockday \Hock"day`\, n. [Cf. AS. h[=o]cor mockery, scorn.]
     A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly
     observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also
     {hocktide}. [Eng.] [Written also {hokeday}.]
     [1913 Webster]