| 单词 | scotch coffee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScotch coffee Scotch coffee n. slang (chiefly Nautical) (now historical) burnt bread or biscuits boiled in water. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > biscuit > [noun] > dish made with biscuit biscuit cake1593 Scotch coffee1815 dogsbody1818 dandyfunk1883 1815 B. F. Palmer Diary 2 June (1914) 219 We have had Scotch Coffee—made of Bread—and no Sugar. 1844 T. J. Jacobs Scenes, Incidents, & Adventures in Pacific Ocean xvii. 136 We had served up for breakfast ‘pigeon pie’ and ‘Scotch coffee’. 1937 C. N. Parkinson Trade in Eastern Seas, 1793–1813 240 There may have been burgoo or ‘Scotch coffee’ but there is no mention of cocoa in the list of provisions. 2000 B. Cornwell Sharpe's Trafalgar (2001) ix. 196 A seaman brought him a cup of Scotch coffee and he drank the bitter liquid, then chewed on the sweetened bread crumbs that gave the coffee its flavor. < as lemmas |
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