| 单词 | demon weed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdemon weed b. spec. With reference to alcoholic drink or (in later use) a drug regarded as evil or harmful. Chiefly with the, and frequently in apposition (sometimes passing into attributive), as demon drink, demon rum, demon weed, etc. Now frequently used facetiously. When used in apposition, sometimes passing into an adjective.See also drink-demon n. at drink n. Compounds 1a(a). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] drink1042 liquor1340 bousea1350 cidera1382 dwale1393 sicera1400 barrelc1400 strong drinkc1405 watera1475 swig1548 tipple1581 amber1598 tickle-brain1598 malt pie1599 swill1602 spicket1615 lap1618 John Barleycornc1625 pottle1632 upsy Englisha1640 upsy Friese1648 tipplage1653 heartsease1668 fuddle1680 rosin1691 tea1693 suck1699 guzzlea1704 alcohol1742 the right stuff1748 intoxicant1757 lush1790 tear-brain1796 demon1799 rum1799 poison1805 fogram1808 swizzle1813 gatter1818 wine(s) and spirit(s)1819 mother's milkc1821 skink1823 alcoholics1832 jough1834 alky1844 waipiro1845 medicine1847 stimulant1848 booze1859 tiddly1859 neck oil1860 lotion1864 shrab1867 nose paint1880 fixing1882 wet1894 rabbit1895 shicker1900 jollop1920 mule1920 giggle-water1929 rookus juice1929 River Ouse1931 juice1932 lunatic soup1933 wallop1933 skimish1936 sauce1940 turps1945 grog1946 joy juice1960 1799 Columbian Songster iv. xciii. 29 How happy is the man, Who has a quiet home; Who loves to do what good he can, And hates the demon, Rum. 1829 Vermont Chron. 17 July 114/4 We have many in the ship, who might have been an ornament to society, but for the demon, drink. 1832 Sailor's Mag. July 347 But O, the demon Rum! has been the cause..of all this mournful change. 1840 Teetotaler 1 Aug. 43/2 What damns tens and hundreds of thousands of souls yearly? Will not every tongue reply, ‘'Tis drink! the demon drink!’ 1848 Sc. Temperance Rev. June 285/2 Intemperance is a possession as well as a disease, alcohol is the demon, we are determined to cast him out. 1873 Sword & Trowel June 270 The demon whisky keeps his votaries in too willing subjection. 1915 99th Ann. Rep. Amer. Bible Soc. 55 People were in mourning, for that demon, drink, had been voted out of the town. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiii. [Nausicaa] 338 Had her father only avoided the clutches of the demon drink. 1939 D. Thomas Coll. Lett. (1987) 380 I'm just about to pawn, for debts and the demon alcohol, a silver christening present to Llewelyn. 1976 New Scientist 19 Feb. 424/1 The Russians are fighting the good fight against the demon vodka. 1989 Crisis Mar. 3/1 Some truly horrifying accounts of the degradation wrought by drugs, especially by the new demon, crack. 1998 S. D. Cashman Amer. Ascendant vi. 155 Thousands of pamphlets and posters warning people of the evils of demon drink. 2002 Chicago Tribune 17 Apr. i. 13/1 Political notables..who have admitted to partaking of the demon weed in their youth. < as lemmas |
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