| 单词 | seven-water grog |
| 释义 | > as lemmasseven-water grog seven-water grog adj. Nautical slang (now historical) a drink consisting of seven parts of water to one of spirit, typically rum; (more loosely) a drink of an extremely diluted spirit.Cf. grog n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > weak or diluted smallc1420 thinc1440 single1483 watered1540 smally1577 distempered1743 shilpit1814 seven-water grog1834 three-water1840 two-water1905 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > rum > [noun] > rum and water rum and water?1750 seven-water grog1834 sou'-wester1848 mainsheet1873 bubbly1902 1834 F. Marryat in Metrop. Mag. Feb. 140 Do put a little drop of stuff in mine—it's seven water grog; and I'm not on the black list. 1897 Boys of Eng. 12 Nov. 413/2 I drink seven-water grog now, because I can't stand it the way I could then. 2018 K. Milford Bluecrowne vii. 101 A dinner basket with homemade-somewhere cakes and seven-water grog it is, then. < as lemmas |
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