| 单词 | quaffing house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquaffing house General attributive, as quaffing bowl, quaffing house, quaffing partner, etc. ΚΠ 1563 R. Reynolds Foundacion of Rhetorike f. 18v Tauernes an quaffyng houses, was their accustomed..vse of occupacion. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 73 A quaffing cup Wherein he tooke delight To bouse at boorde. 1600 R. Kittowe Loues Load-starre 49 sig. G2 [She] made merrie at an Inne, taking wholesome carowses both of Beere and Wine, in quaffing bowles. a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 123 Causing the Vessels of God's House to be made his Quaffing-bowls. 1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 36 Their quaffing liquors are Rum-Punch and Brandy-punch. 1852 Househ. Words 29 May 245/1 He took his quaffing pints of gin at a draught. 1948 Gaz. & Bull. (Williamsport, Pa.) 3 Dec. h6/4 Quaffing vessels that once were pounded on the tables of English French and Scandinavian kings. 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 14 July va1 It is now illegal for licensed sellers of beer in the state [of Virginia] to advertise a ‘happy hour’, or cut-rate quaffing period. 2001 Spectator 7 July 14/1 Lord Owen sees a quaffing-partner. < as lemmas |
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