| 释义 |
ˈpine-top
[f. pine n.2 + top n.1]
a. The top of a pine-tree.
b. U.S. slang. Cheap or illicit whisky.
1858Southern Lit. Messenger XXVII. 463/2 A rough, but hearty frolic..with profusion of ‘pine-top’ succeeded. 1878O. Wilde Ravenna v. 10 The pine-tops rocked before the evening breeze. 1931Amer. Speech VII. 50 The ‘drinks’ are ‘pine-top’, ‘white mule’, [etc.]. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §99/7 Illicit whiskey,..pine-top. 1946J. W. Day Harvest Adventure xiii. 214 At the report the second, larger still, swung over a gap in the pine-tops and the next barrel knocked him sideways and sent him spinning in a long dive into the snipe marsh below the wood. |