单词 | pepper tea |
释义 | > as lemmaspepper tea pepper tea n. chiefly U.S. a liquid solution made pungent by the addition of pepper, typically ingested as a remedy for various ailments. ΚΠ 1816 Raleigh Reg. & N.-Carolina Gaz. 1 Nov. I have labored under a disease called the Chronic Rheumatism for nine months... I stated my case to a friend who advised me to drink Red Pepper Tea, which I accordingly did.] 1897 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 211/1 Is it a sickness or a pain?.. Shall I give thee some pepper tea, or salt and water? 1997 T. Morrison Paradise (1999) 271 Now, at eighty-six, in spite of her never-fail reputation (which was to say she never lost a mother..), they refused her their swollen bellies... Poured her pepper tea in the toilet. < as lemmas |
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