Andrewmas en · PROPN
Etymology
From Andrew + -mas.
Meanings
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Saint Andrew's Day.
Andrewmas, for example, by which time ploughing should be completed; Martinmas when spare animals were slaughtered; St Luke's Day when the 'tupping' of ewes commenced, or Lady Day and Michaelmas when farm rents were due.
2017, Michael J. Braddick, Phil Withington, Popular Culture and Political Agency in Early Modern England and Ireland, page 96:There will be deep snow by Andrewmas.
1931, John Buchan, The Blanket of the Dark: