单词 | keltie's mends |
释义 | > as lemmasKeltie's mends 2. A glass or bumper imposed as a fine on one who does not drink fair. Also Keltie's mends. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > imposed as fine Keltie's mends1692 1692 ‘J. Curate’ Sc. Presbyterian Eloquence iv. 115 Lord give thy enemies the Papists and Prelates a full cup of thy fury to drink; and if they refuse to drink it off, then good Lord give them Kelty. 1796 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVIII. 474 Nothing is more common, at this very day, when one refuses to take his glass, than to be threatened with Keltie's Mends. a1835 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches (1866) 405 (E.D.D.) Gin he winna tak that, gie him kelty. 1879 P. R. Drummond Perthshire in Bygone Days xii. 66 To drink ‘Kelty’ or another glass. < as lemmas |
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