单词 | highland honours |
释义 | > as lemmasHighland honours Highland honours n. a ceremonial toast, supposed to reflect traditional Highland custom, drunk at a single draught with one foot on one's chair and the other on the table. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > taken as toast carouse1599 Highland honours1821 1821 Edinb. Star 2 Feb. 4/4 There is..something so hearty and rapturous in the Highland honours which follow the toasts. 1907 Trans. Gaelic Soc. Inverness 25 35 That showed them that the Chairman's connection with the town was not of yesterday—(loud applause, and Highland honours). 2003 Coventry Evening Tel. (Nexis) 24 Feb. 7 We always do the toast to the lassies with full Highland honours. < as lemmas |
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