单词 | short drink |
释义 | > as lemmasshort drink a. something short: undiluted spirits. short drink: a small measure of liquor; a drink which is relatively strong in alcohol and hence drunk in small measures; a dram of spirits or the like.Perhaps originally from having a short name: e.g. ‘brandy’, not ‘brandy and water’. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] > neat spirits stark naked1627 short1823 something short1823 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] > a drink of dramc1590 sopie1687 short1823 something damp or shortc1831 hooker1833 jigger1836 snifter1844 short drink1883 snort1889 taggeen1899 shot1928 shorty1931 shooter1971 1823 [see sense B. 4f]. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlv. 497 If you'll order the waiter to deliver him anything short. 1844 T. Hood Anacreontic iv A drop of summut short. 1883 Daily Tel. 2 July 5/3 All these are short drinks—that is to say, drams. 1885 Punch 4 July 4/1 To procure what he calls ‘a snack and a short drink’. 1898 W. W. Jacobs Money-changers in Sea Urchins (1906) 224 I've got a bundle o' cigars an' a drop o' something short in my pocket. 1937 A. J. Cronin Citadel ii. vii. 155 Challis..was successfully and cheerfully despatching his third short drink. 1957 M. Spark Comforters iv. 85 Caroline and Laurence had been on short drinks, and both were rather lit up. 1973 J. Aiken in V. Whitaker Winter's Crimes 5 22 A large Whisky Mac—his favourite short drink. < as lemmas |
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