单词 | fourth-proof |
释义 | > as lemmasfourth-proof fourth-proof adj. U.S. highly refined. ΚΠ 1828 A. Sherburne Mem. (1831) i. 24 My share was..from thirty to forty gallons of fourth proof Jamaica rum. 1835 J. F. Cooper Monikins (1860) vi. 92 Those parts..being indicated by touches of red, nearly as bright as Fourth-proof brandy. a1861 T. Winthrop John Brent (1862) ix. 91 I'd seen 'em gettin' up the sham kind [of miracle],..and I knowed the fourth-proof article. < as lemmas |
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