| 释义 |
scrumpy dial. or colloq.|ˈskrʌmpɪ|
[f. scrump n. + -y6.]
Rough cider, made from small or unselected apples. Also attrib. in scrumpy cider.
1904in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v., These apples are of no good but to make scrumpy of. 1932[see nobble v. 3]. 1962G. Compton Too Many Murderers xii. 87 Scrumpy was only eightpence a pint. 1973C. Bonington Next Horizon viii. 114 A brisk five-minute walk took you to the Coronation Tap, where you could down a pint of scrumpy cider and eat home-made pies. 1977Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Mar. 242/4 Another [pub] sold evil-smelling ‘scrumpy’, producing its own extensive Saturday-night network of vomit. |