mint dropn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪnt drɒp/, U.S.

/ˈmɪnt ˌdrɑp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mint n.², drop n.

Etymology: < mint n.² + drop n.In sense 1 with pun on mint n.¹ The sense order below reflects the order of attestation of the two senses, although the occurrence of sense 1 presumably implies the earlier occurrence of sense 2, at least in spoken use.

†1. slang (chiefly U.S.). A coin. Obsolete. Benton's mint drop n. a gold coin (see quot. 1872).

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1788 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1938) VI. 495 Mint Drops. Guineas.

1835 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 31 Aug. in Centenary Edition Wks. (1994) XXIII. 129 Barkeeper at Rices, had one of Benton's ‘mint drops’ for a bosom-pin; it made a very handsome one.

1837 Congress. Globe 29 Sept. App. 339/3 [The money flowed to Mobile] by the aid of ‘the far-famed Specie circular’, in ‘mint drops’ and ‘hard currency’.

1850 Rep. Proc. Convention Constitut. State Michigan 581/2 With the California gold and mint drops, we can get along very well without banks.

1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 291 When the Hon. T. H. Benton..put his whole strength forward..to introduce a gold currency, he accidentally called the latter mint-drops, with a slight attempt at a pun... For many years gold coins were largely known as Benton's mint-drops.

2. A cake or sweet flavoured with peppermint; = peppermint drop n. at peppermint n. and adj. Compounds 2.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > peppermints

peppermint drop1780

mint drop1791

peppermint1820

peppermint lozenge1832

peppermint cake1863

pandrop1877

mint1894

peppermint cream1907

Mintie1926

peppermint lump1926

Minto1935

1791 Olio (Stirbitch Theatre, Cambr.) (Playbill) 15 June (single sheet) Part II. will consist chiefly of Subjects selected from His Exhibition of the Times... Doctor Brook's Elbow Grease, Mint Drops, &c. &c.

1809 Asses' Jubilee 5 Each now and then a pop She gave him, saying, ‘Antrobus, will you have a mint-drop?’

1825 R. Sharp Let. 11 July in Diary (1997) 21 The Boxes arrived safe on the Tuesday after you sent them off..the Mint Drops are exellent.

1874 Overland Monthly Mar. 270/1 She was not a school girl at all, munching mint-drops and lozenges, but a beautiful young lady.

1991 D. Wingrove Chung Kuo (BNC) 111 He took a pack of mint drops from his top pocket and offered one to his companion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mint drop
释义	mint dropn. Brit. /ˈmɪnt drɒp/, U.S. /ˈmɪnt ˌdrɑp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mint n.², drop n. Etymology: < mint n.² + drop n.In sense 1 with pun on mint n.¹ The sense order below reflects the order of attestation of the two senses, although the occurrence of sense 1 presumably implies the earlier occurrence of sense 2, at least in spoken use. †1. slang (chiefly U.S.). A coin. Obsolete. Benton's mint drop n. a gold coin (see quot. 1872). ΚΠ 1788 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1938) VI. 495 Mint Drops. Guineas. 1835 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 31 Aug. in Centenary Edition Wks. (1994) XXIII. 129 Barkeeper at Rices, had one of Benton's ‘mint drops’ for a bosom-pin; it made a very handsome one. 1837 Congress. Globe 29 Sept. App. 339/3 [The money flowed to Mobile] by the aid of ‘the far-famed Specie circular’, in ‘mint drops’ and ‘hard currency’. 1850 Rep. Proc. Convention Constitut. State Michigan 581/2 With the California gold and mint drops, we can get along very well without banks. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 291 When the Hon. T. H. Benton..put his whole strength forward..to introduce a gold currency, he accidentally called the latter mint-drops, with a slight attempt at a pun... For many years gold coins were largely known as Benton's mint-drops. 2. A cake or sweet flavoured with peppermint; = peppermint drop n. at peppermint n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > peppermints peppermint drop1780 mint drop1791 peppermint1820 peppermint lozenge1832 peppermint cake1863 pandrop1877 mint1894 peppermint cream1907 Mintie1926 peppermint lump1926 Minto1935 1791 Olio (Stirbitch Theatre, Cambr.) (Playbill) 15 June (single sheet) Part II. will consist chiefly of Subjects selected from His Exhibition of the Times... Doctor Brook's Elbow Grease, Mint Drops, &c. &c. 1809 Asses' Jubilee 5 Each now and then a pop She gave him, saying, ‘Antrobus, will you have a mint-drop?’ 1825 R. Sharp Let. 11 July in Diary (1997) 21 The Boxes arrived safe on the Tuesday after you sent them off..the Mint Drops are exellent. 1874 Overland Monthly Mar. 270/1 She was not a school girl at all, munching mint-drops and lozenges, but a beautiful young lady. 1991 D. Wingrove Chung Kuo (BNC) 111 He took a pack of mint drops from his top pocket and offered one to his companion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1788
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