| 单词 | half and half grog |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf and half grog a. A drink consisting of spirits (originally rum) and water. half and half grog, a drink made of equal parts of spirits and water.seven-water grog: see seven-water grog adj. at seven adj. and n. Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] > spirits and water grog1770 cold without1850 1770 T. Norworth in Gentleman's Mag. 559/2 [Eighty names for having drunk too much.] 25. Groggy; this is a West-Indian Phrase; Rum and Water, without sugar, being called Grogg. 1773 E. Ives Voy. India 100 A common sailor..having just been served with a quantity of grog (arrack mixed with water), had his spirits..much elated. 1781 Trotter Written on board the Berwick in Notes & Queries 1st Ser. I. 168 A mighty bowl on deck he drew, And filled it to the brink; Such drank the Burford's gallant crew, And such the gods shall drink, The sacred robe which Vernon wore Was drenched within the same; And hence his virtues guard our shore, And Grog derives its name. 1797 R. Southey Botany Bay Eclogues in Poems 93 Thou wilt go without grog, Sam to-morrow at dinner. 1823 Ld. Byron Island ii. xix. 40 But such as wafts its cloud o'er grog or ale. 1837 W. Irving Capt. Bonneville (1849) 87 A free allowance of grog..soon put them in the most braggart spirits. 1876 J. Grant One of Six Hundred xxvi. 207 It will still freeze half-and-half grog as hard as rock crystal. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island ii. x. 82 Double grog was going on the least excuse. < as lemmas |
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