| 单词 | cupid's eye-water |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCupid's eye-water b. slang. Any of various kinds of strong alcoholic drink; esp. gin. Also with modifying word, as Cupid's eye-water, Paddy's eye-water, devil's eye-water, etc. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > gin > [noun] bottled lightning1713 gin1713 royal bob1722 diddle1725 strike-fire1725 tittery1725 max1728 maxim1739 strip-me-naked1751 eye-water1755 sky blue1755 lightning1781 Jacky1800 ribbon1811 Daffy's elixir1821 sweet-stuff1835 tiger's milk1850 juniper1857 cream of the wilderness1858 satin1864 Twankay1900 panther1931 mother's ruin1933 needle and pin1937 1755 Connoisseur No. 53. 315 What among the vulgar is called Cupid's Eye-water, Strip me naked, and Lay me down softly. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 74 Eye-water, brandy—mistakenly used of gin also. 1823 P. Egan Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (rev. ed.) Eye-water, gin. 1869 G. J. Whyte-Melville M. or N. I. vi. 118 Two bob an' a bender, and a three of eye-water, in? 1886 Judy 4 Aug. 58 Jiggered gin, dog's nose and Paddy's eye-water. 1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman xxii. 329 Having informed Abney that persons in her condition stood in more need of eye-water than Adam's Ale, he told the footman to call Mrs. Marple. 1977 Amer. Speech 52 115 Whiskey:..devil's eye water. 1997 G. M. Fraser Black Ajax 93 This is what comes of late hours and eye-water, and listening to the babbling of fools without imagination. 2002 P. Dillon Gin (2003) xi. 166 They [sc. 18th-century Londoners] got topsey-frizey on My Lady's Eye-water, the Baulk, the Last Shift, Old Tom. < as lemmas |
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