| 单词 | red biddy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred biddy red biddy n. [apparently < red adj. + biddy n.1; compare later biddy n.3] colloquial (originally Irish English and Scottish) a drink consisting of methylated spirits and cheap red wine; (also) inferior red wine. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > other distilled liquor > [noun] > methylated spirit drink pink-eye1900 jake1926 red biddy1926 metho1933 White Lady1935 biddy1940 1926 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 15 Aug. a10/2 In Ulster the prosecutions have revealed the manufacture of drink called Red Biddy on which men can get drunk cheaply. 1928 Daily Express 5 Dec. 13/2 Glasgow has not relaxed its war-time drink restrictions..but nothing is being done to make the sale of this horrible ‘Red Biddy’ punishable by prison. 1950 E. Hyams From Waste Land 204 Pamphlets issued by the French wine trade..to persuade the customer that the Red Biddy he is drinking is something very special and fine indeed. 1977 M. Kenyon Rapist v. 58 What if he was not a red biddy man? At five bob a bottle he bloody soon would be. 1996 S. Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 46 Hi min, Wullie, nae mair red biddy fur me. 2007 Church Times 13 July 16/2 Red-biddy, a high-alcohol drink composed of red wine and methylated spirits, was commonly drunk, and led to crime and violence. < as lemmas |
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