| 单词 | gladstone claret |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGladstone (claret) a. Gladstone (claret): a jocular name given to the cheap French wines, the importation of which greatly increased in consequence of the reduction in Customs duty made by Gladstone while Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1860. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > class or grade of wine > [noun] > cheap or inferior wine drum-winea1640 red ink1849 Gladstone (claret)1864 pinkie1897 dago red1906 pinard1917 ink1918 plonk1927 grocer's Graves1931 grocer's wine1931 nelly1941 Red Ned1941 vaaljapie1945 purple death1947 grocer's sherry1958 papsak2004 1864 Athenæum 558/3 The word ‘Gladstone’ will probably continue to indicate those French wines which his Act cheapened for the general market. 1871 A. Trollope Ralph the Heir iii Yes, we've got sherry, and port wine, and Gladstone. 1884 A. Birrell Obiter Dicta 86 To make him unbosom himself over a bottle of Gladstone claret. < as lemmas |
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