单词 | moose milk |
释义 | > as lemmasmoose milk moose milk n. Canadian colloquial home-brewed alcohol; (also) a drink consisting of alcohol typically mixed with milk, eggs, and other ingredients; also wild moose milk. ΚΠ 1926 H. C. Fisher Mutt & Jeff in Morning News Rev. (Florence, South Carolina) 13 Oct. 7 (cartoon caption) Wild moose milk is a powerful gargle.—I don't believe in drinking but the doctor told us an occasional shot of ale is what we need! Lucky I know this speakeasy owner!—Well, let's gargle! 1941 Soda Springs (Idaho) Sun 29 May Along with the dancing was much brawling and lovemaking and the imbibing of a local brand of hooch known as moose-milk. 1957 Weekend Mag. (Montreal) 23 Mar. 49/1 A man who had drunk too freely of the native ‘moose milk’ homebrew and started fighting. 1976 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 28 Mar. 15/3 We were seated comfortably before the coal stove..drinking hot moose milk (rum and condensed milk). 1995 Ottawa Citizen 8 Feb. b3/5 As a concession to his ulcer he drank rye with milk... He called it moose milk. < as lemmas |
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