| 单词 | needle beer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasneedle beer needle beer n. U.S. slang near-beer mixed with ethyl alcohol or an alcoholic drink; cf. needle v. 6. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > beer > [noun] > beer with added alcohol needle beer1923 1923 Chicago Tribune 20 Sept. 2/1 He instructed his captains to be especially vigilant in preventing the sale of ‘needle beer’, which, he explained, is near beer into which the saloonkeeper squirts alcohol with a needle point syringe pushed through a small cork in the barrel. 1936 J. Dos Passos Big Money 81 He..had a session with the helpwanted columns over some glasses of needle beer. 1978 J. Carroll Mortal Friends ii. iv. 177 The Irish toughs included Frenchy Devine, who had begun as a speakeasy bartender in Charlestown and who had ultimately taken over the wholesale trade in needle beer. < as lemmas |
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