| 释义 |
shant slang.|ʃænt|
[Cf. shanty n.3]
A quart, a pot; a pot of drink. Hence loosely, a drink.
1851Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 218 They have a ‘shant of gatter’ (pot of beer) at the nearest ‘boozing ken’. 1864Hotten's Slang Dict. 225 Shant, a pot or quart. ‘Shant of bivy’ a quart of beer. 1893P. H. Emerson Signor Lippo v. 13 To show you mean it stand a couple of shants of bevarly to square the boys. 1960News Chron. 5 Aug. 7/8 We did not want to roll anybody but we had a few shants and I always get a bit garritty then. Ibid., We all like a fight when we have had a few shants. 1970A. Draper Swansong for Rare Bird vii. 52 ‘So I had a few shants,’ I said. |