| 单词 | middy glass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmiddy glass A medium-sized measure of beer or other liquor, of varying volume (see quots.); a glass containing this quantity (occasionally more fully middy glass). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [noun] > specific quantity of cue1603 cee1605 jug?1635 gun1674 ale kilderkin1704 swank1726 nip1736 pint1742 pt.1850 yard of ale1872 square1882 half1888 butcher1889 rabbit1895 rigger1911 sleever1936 tank1936 middy1941 tallboy1956 tube1969 tinnie1974 1941 Daily Tel. (Sydney) 11 Feb. 4/3 (caption) Bonnie Reece in a city hotel with the new ‘middy’ 10oz. beer glass..The ‘middy’ glass, which has been introduced to meet the demand for a 6d drink since the rise in beer prices, is expected to be popular. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. ix. 169 The middy, a beer glass containing nine ounces, is a measure used only in N.S.W. hotels. 1957 ‘N. Culotta’ They're Weird Mob (1958) ii. 25 Those big glasses are called schooners and those small ones are called middies. 1968 Southerly 28 38 He ordered two more middies. 1974 K. Cook Bloodhouse 79 ‘Middy of rum, Mick,’ said the youth... Ten ounces of rum sold over the bar cost four dollars. 1987 B. Chatwin Songlines vii. 33 I went to the bar and gave orders for ‘schooners’ and ‘middies’. < as lemmas |
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