单词 | port-drinking |
释义 | > as lemmasport-drinking port-drinking adj. and n. (a) adj. that drinks port, esp. habitually; (b) n. the action or habit of drinking port. ΚΠ c1771 S. Foote Maid of Bath i. 3 A few port drinking people that dine every day in the Lyon. 1841 T. Moore Poet. Wks. IX. 41 Some high-flying Tory—Some Brunswicker parson, of port-drinking glory. 1909 Daily Chron. 22 Nov. 6/3 I did not care for Oxford... There was a deal too much port-drinking and hypocrisy. 2004 Independent (Nexis) 6 Jan. 18 His large florid face, that of a fox-hunting, port-drinking squire. < as lemmas |
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