单词 | kiddleywink |
释义 | kiddleywinkn. dialect. An ale-house, esp. in the West Country; a low or unlicensed public house (see also quot. 1859). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > illegal drinking-house shebeenc1787 joint1821 kiddleywink1830 blind tiger1857 shanty1862 dive1871 blind-pig1887 speakeasy1889 shebeen1900 booze can1905 speak1930 speako1931 nip joint1936 the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > beer- or ale-house alehouselOE beer-housea1513 change1609 barley-islanda1634 China-alehouse1662 mum-house1662 mug-house1685 purl house1700 porterhouse?1730 beer-cellar1732 kiddleywink1830 beer hall1837 tiddlywink1844 beer-garden1863 brasserie1864 purl-boat1902 bierstube1909 keller1927 bierhaus1930 1830 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 25 Dec. 4/6 One hundred and forty public-houses..opened..are called ‘Kidley Winks’. 1830 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 25 Dec. 4/6 A gentleman..suggested to the late Chancellor of the Exchequer the idea of retail-breweries. His name is Kidley Wink—hence the term ‘Kidley Wink’, as applied to the new beer shops. 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 56 Kiddleliwink, a small shop where they retail the commodities of a village store. 1864 ‘F. Derrick’ Kiddle-a-wink ii. 92 The dreary little chamber allotted to him..bad as it was,..was better than many a Kiddle-a-wink could boast of. 1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng. 2nd Ser. 109 A drunken frolic..at a low beer shop or ‘Kiddle-e-Wink’. 1890 Notes & Queries 18 Jan. 48/2 Can any of your correspondents inform me what is the derivation of the word ‘kiddlewink’, or ‘tiddledy winks’? A friend tells me in the Midland Counties it denotes a house where beer is sold without a licence. 1964 C. Davey Cornish Holiday ii. 20 The potency of the drink sold in the innumerable public houses in Downlong, and in the ‘kiddleywinks’ or ale-houses near the mines. 1964 C. Davey Cornish Holiday x. 140 A tin-miner, laced with courage from the ‘kiddley-wink’, saw lights amongst the rocks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830 |
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