| 单词 | gum-tickler |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgum-tickler gum-tickler n. U.S. (see quots.). ΚΠ 1810 J. Lambert Trav. Lower Canada & U.S. (1813) II. 299 A gum-tickler is a gill of spirits, generally rum, taken fasting. 1814 Q. Rev. 10 521 Of dram-drinking [in the States] there are different stages... The first drop..is called a gum-tickler. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. iii. 183 Will you mix it [rum], Mr. Wegg?.. I think not, sir... I prefer to take it in the form of a Gum-Tickler. < as lemmas |
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