单词 | mixed ale |
释义 | mixed alen. U.S. Now rare. Ale taken with strong liquor. Frequently with allusion to the effects of drinking such a mixture. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > mixed drinks of ale or beer > [noun] three-threads1698 pap-in1748 half-and-half1756 porter cup1790 shandygaff1853 mixed ale1864 cooper1871 black and tan1881 four-half1884 mother-in-law1884 shandy1888 smiler1892 mild-and-bitter1933 red-eye1960 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Slape-ale Plain ale, as opposed to medicated or mixed ale. 1894 J. W. Shepp & D. B. Shepp N.Y. City Illustr. xii. 217 Some of the waiters used to work for Billy McGlory;..a few are graduates of ‘Scotty’ Lavelle's school of ‘mixed ale amateurs’. 1896 Catholic World Feb. 617 His large, sinewy forearm..looked formidable enough until it was remembered that champions do not ‘train on mixed ale’. 1908 J. M. Sullivan Criminal Slang 16 Mixed-ale oration, a cheap political harangue containing bad English grammar. Mixed-ale philosopher, a drunken know it all. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. xxi. 386 She had grown somewhat used to..fretting babies, to wailing children, the mixed ale parties, the quarrelings of the ill and the drunk. 1936 Sat. Evening Post 8 Feb. 17 The answer consisted of a ‘mixed-ale fighter’ named Connie McVey..a run-of-mine pugilist, supposed to train on mixed ale and willing to pick up money any old way. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1864 |
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