单词 | beer bust |
释义 | > as lemmasbeer bust beer bust n. North American colloquial a bout of excessive beer drinking; (also) a drinking party where a large quantity of beer is drunk; cf. bust n.3 2. ΚΠ 1883 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 23 June 1/5 President Reid states that the days of ‘beer busts’ are over and the spree of the trio referred to was only a partial revival. 1913 J. London John Barleycorn 222 These beer busts were a diversion of these..young fellows. 1974 J. van der Zee Greatest Men's Party on Earth i. 5 A dream of social good-fellowship and rustic withdrawal that is part Boy Scout camp, part fraternity beer bust, part officers' bivouac, part religious retreat. 2011 Vancouver Province (Nexis) 25 Sept. a37 While office parties and Friday night beer busts are nothing new, the all-hours nature of startups means more employees blend their nightlife with work time. < as lemmas |
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