cat-lapn.

Brit.

/ˈkatlap/, U.S.

/ˈkætlæp/

Etymology: Compare Shakespeare Tempest ii. i. 288 ‘They'll take suggestion as the cat laps milk’.

slang. or dialect.

Stuff fit for a cat to lap: contemptuously applied to tea or other weak drink.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > tea > [noun] > weak tea

water bewitched1591

cat-lap1785

blash1835

skilly1927

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [noun] > weak-tasting thing

watera1400

chipa1691

cat-lap1785

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Cat-Lap, tea, called also scandal broth.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. xiii. 327 We have tea and coffee aboard..You are at the age to like such cat-lap.

1865 M. E. Braddon Sir Jasper xxvii. 282 The clerk only muttered, ‘Oh, d——n! nobody wants your catlap!’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cat-lap
释义	cat-lapn. Brit. /ˈkatlap/, U.S. /ˈkætlæp/ Etymology: Compare Shakespeare Tempest ii. i. 288 ‘They'll take suggestion as the cat laps milk’. slang. or dialect. Stuff fit for a cat to lap: contemptuously applied to tea or other weak drink. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea > [noun] > weak tea water bewitched1591 cat-lap1785 blash1835 skilly1927 the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [noun] > weak-tasting thing watera1400 chipa1691 cat-lap1785 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Cat-Lap, tea, called also scandal broth. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. xiii. 327 We have tea and coffee aboard..You are at the age to like such cat-lap. 1865 M. E. Braddon Sir Jasper xxvii. 282 The clerk only muttered, ‘Oh, d——n! nobody wants your catlap!’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1785
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