单词 | adams wine |
释义 | Adam's winen. Water (as a drink); = Adam's ale n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > water > [noun] > for drinking streamc1275 Adam's ale1643 Adam's wine1747 drinking-water1888 1747 A. Campbell Sequel Bulkeley & Cummins's Voy. South-seas 42 At Noon we feasted ourselves with some Tangle and Adam's Wine, in which we drank the King's Health. 1857 tr. B. Auerbach Bare-footed Maiden xx. 209 We only drink Adam's wine, the same as the geese drink. 1907 Western Field Sept. 88/2 We made our way to a spring under the dark trees. Here we had a cool drink of Adam's wine. 2009 Daily Record (Nexis) 2 Apr. 40 I am trying to stay off the fizzy drinks, taking to Adam's wine and getting it out of the spicket, just as good as anything else. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1747 |
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