| 单词 | over a bottle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasover a (or the) bottle P3. over a (or the) bottle: while drinking alcohol, esp. in the company of friends, or in other social contexts; cf. over prep. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [adverb] > while drinking over a (or the) bottle1612 1612 G. Chapman Widdowes Teares v. sig. K Are they here still? here beleeue it both most wofully weeping ouer the bottle. 1673 T. Shadwell Epsom-Wells i. i. 3 I will converse with grave fellows in their Books; but with such as thou art over a bottle. 1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. iv. 129 Most of his performances were produced over a bottle. 1791 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 20/2 Those hours..which others consume in the chace or over the bottle. 1807 Salmagundi 13 Feb. 40 It is excessively pleasant to hear a couple of these four-in-hand gentlemen detail their exploits over a bottle. 1823 J. C. Robertson & T. Byerley Percy Anecd. XVII. 33 He was not a little surprised to find his predecessor in office, with a jolly set of companions, over a bottle. 1904 G. C. Wiliamson G. Morland (1907) vii. 91 He did very little work at the Garrick Head, spending most of his time over the bottle. 1957 R. Speirs & H. Kundzins tr. K. Lesins Wine of Eternity 5 He ran into two woodcutters who were just starting to get warm over a bottle. 2011 M. Knights Devil in Disguise i. 32 The..nudges and winks between Marshall's friends..over a bottle the night of her death. < as lemmas |
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