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‖ Kneipe|ˈknaɪpə|
Also erron. Kneip, Knipe. Pl. -en, -es.
[Ger.]
A convivial meeting of German university students (and the like) at a tavern or restaurant. So kneip v. intr. [after G. kneipen] to indulge in this conviviality.
1854I. Aldridge Diary 9 June in Marshall & Stock Ira Aldridge (1958) 189 Visited a Knipe or a Society of German Students. 1864H. Mayhew German Life & Manners II. 243 Youths whose lives are apparently given up to the mere conviviality of ‘Kneiping’ or beer-drinking. 1874J. M. Hart German Univ. ix. 139 In whatever other respects the German student may be irregular, he always kneips according to rule. 1880‘Mark Twain’ Tramp Abroad iv. 43 Kneips are held, now and then [at the University of Heidelberg], to celebrate great occasions,—like the election of a beer king. 1911R. Brooke Let. 31 Jan. (1968) 275 Last night he took me to a ‘Kneipe’. The students who are working at some special subject band together to form a club... Every Monday evening this Verein has a ‘Kneipe’, a meeting. 1924A. Geikie Long Life's Work vii. 217 After the meetings during the day, every night a ‘Kneipe’ at which Zirkel, Lossen, Reusch..and a host of younger men took part. |