| 单词 | cup-mate |
| 释义 | > as lemmascup-mate C2. esp. in reference to social drinking or drunkenness (cf. sense 10): as cup-acquaintance, cup-caper, cup-conqueror, cup-friendship, cup-god, cup-mate, cup-tossing. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess > companion pot-companion1549 potpanionc1580 cup-mate?1592 pot-mate1603 pot-allya1625 compotator1731 ?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. H3v Where is tipsie Alexander, that great cup conqueror? 1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. i. 13 Til that same Cup-challenging profession came into our land. 1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. iii. 119 Wine..swilled by challenging Cupmates. 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 83 Cup-friendship, is of too brittle and glassie a substance to continue long. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xviii. v. 203 Only his Cup Acquaintance. View more context for this quotation 1842 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland II. 270 She was perfect mistress of the art of cup-tossing. < as lemmas |
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