单词 | mumm |
释义 | Mummn. A proprietary name for: champagne produced by the house of Mumm in Rheims, France.In quot. 1861 with play on phrase mum's the word: see mum n.1 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > French wines > [noun] > champagne > types or brands pink champagne1793 Moët1841 Heidsieck1853 Veuve Clicquot1854 Roederer1858 Mumm1861 oeil-de-perdrix champagne1872 Pommery1874 Krug1876 Perrier–Jouët1876 Pommery and Greno1881 Pol Roger1889 extra sec1891 Lanson1891 demi-sec1926 Taittinger1949 Dom Pérignon1956 1851 C. Redding Hist. Mod. Wines (ed. 3) vi. 106 The great complaint against Champagne wine has been, that it cannot be obtained of a uniform quality... To remedy this evil..Mumm, Geisler [sic] and Co., at Rheims, provided tuns holding twelve thousand litres each.] 1861 F. J. O'Brien in F. Moore Rebellion Rec. I. iii. 18/1 To dhrown aich dish, We dhrinks like fish, And Mumm's the word we utther; An' thin we swill Our Léoville. 1885 Christie's Auction Catal. 18 Dec. 17 Three dozens of Champagne, 1868, Mumm. a1895 E. Field Hoosier Lyrics (1905) 52 If I were rich enough to buy A case of wine..I'd send a quart of extra dry..But, lackaday! You know that I'm As poor as Job's historic turkey—In lieu of Mumm, accept this rhyme. 1928 E. Waugh Decline & Fall v. 188 The wedding..was to take place in church with all the barbaric concomitants of bridesmaids, Mendelssohn and Mumm. 1975 J. Symons Three Pipe Probl. xii. 87 ‘Glass of Mumm, delicious.’..‘I shouldn't have thought you could have seen the name.’ ‘Only the corner of the label. The Mumm label is distinctive.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1861 |
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