单词 | rosiner |
释义 | rosinern. Irish English and Australian slang. An alcoholic drink, esp. a strong or generous one. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of strong drink?1490 drink1535 whiff1605 tip1612 wet1719 swilla1731 booze1732 slug1756 whitter1786 intoxication1799 O (or oh) be joyful1823 sneezer1823 north-wester1830 drain1836 damp1837 smile1839 snifter1844 liquor1860 rosiner1871 tiddlywink1880 bevvy1889 gargle1889 snort1889 jolt1904 smahan1914 tincture1914 taste1919 piss1925 drinkie1947 smash1959 shant1960 1871 G. D. Humoriensis Mem. Zozimus 32 They earnestly wished they could only get a ‘rosner’..at the first spirit permissive still they met. 1899 W. Boyle Kish of Brogues 118 Three rosiners an' a half glass o' cordial, did yez say, boys? 1914 J. H. Denison Beside Bowery xiii. 127 ‘But I'm goin' to have my rosiner,’ said Summers. ‘I don't care about that,’ said the minister. ‘I promised you shouldn't drink till you saw the Lady of Good Cheer.’ 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 10 May 20/1 Fill up the cup, a rozener, a hummer! 1947 H. D. Brockman Fatal Days 114 I've not had a solitary spot since four. I need a rosiner. 1954 T. Ronan Vision Splendid 345 Two nips that old Block had and the one I poured into Peter. They were rozeners I'll admit, but still the three I've had out of this second bottle haven't exactly been small ones. a1966 ‘M. na Gopaleen’ Best of Myles (1968) 310 A rossiner wouldn't be bad, have a double one after this. 1978 D. Stuart Wedgetail View 33 He got him to get outside a bit o' breakfast, an' a good roziner of whisky. 1997 Irish Times (Nexis) 26 Apr. (Home News) 2 Dan Swift from Rathfarnham wrote to ask about the word rosiner, a stiff drop of the crathur. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1871 |
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