| 单词 | a drop of the auld kirk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa drop of the Auld Kirk 2. colloquial. Whisky. Chiefly in a drop of the Auld Kirk. Now rare.Probably partly with humorous allusion to the supposed fondness for whisky shown by ministers of the Church of Scotland (whereas ministers of dissenting Churches were better known for their temperance), but perhaps also partly with reference to the fact that the stipends of ministers of the Church of Scotland depended largely on the price of barley, from which whisky is made. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] usquebaugh1581 creature1638 corn-brandy1704 whisky1715 usque1728 spunkiea1796 skreigh1813 the stuff1828 snake poison1842 tanglefoot1860 whisky-straight1864 oil1869 Auld Kirk1884 snake juice1890 screech1902 scat1914 pinch bottle1916 screecham1923 juice1932 malt1967 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] > a drink of smile1839 ball1866 Scotch1883 a drop of the Auld Kirk1884 1884 Aberdeen Weekly Jrnl. 25 Oct. He thought he could hardly live without a drop of the ‘Auld Kirk’. 1893 Dundee Courier & Argus 30 May 3/5 The minister came home to dinner so excited and elated that his wife seriously suspected her goodman had been partaking rather too freely of the ‘Auld Kirk’. 1947 G. Blake Five Arches 217 I suppose you're up to the back teeth in tea. What about a drop of the Old Kirk? 1997 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 16 May 15 The old moderate liked the armed forces, a drop of the auld kirk, and sat broad and easy to doctrines and regulations. < as lemmas |
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