| 单词 | ale-dagger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasale-dagger ale-dagger n. historical after 16th cent. a dagger taken to a public house, for use in the event of a fight breaking out. ΚΠ 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet Ded. 3 He that drinkes with cutters, must not be without his ale dagger. 1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Countercuffe sig. Aiij Pasquill met him..with..a swapping Ale-dagger at his back. 1893 Notes & Queries 8 July 32/2 Since..there were daggers of a particular kind noted for their use in drunken frays, how is it ‘mere slang or raillery’ to call them ale-daggers? 2004 M. Morton Cupboard Love (ed. 2) 23 In the sixteenth century an ale-dagger was a knife worn in anticipation of a drunken brawl. < as lemmas |
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