| 单词 | small-beer-firkin |
| 释义 | > as lemmassmall-beer-firkin (a) In sense 1, as small-beer allowance, small-beer-firkin, small-beer wort, small-beer yeast. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial > collectively fiddle-faddle1577 fry1587 small beer1620 pigs and whistles1681 trantlesa1689 rattletrap1742 fewtrils1763 fritter1803 nugae1822 small beer1844 trick1877 trivia1902 1620 I. C. Two Merry Milke-maids i. iii. sig. D3 I thought you had had a Small-Beere stomacke. 1685 Compl. Planter & Cyderist xxix. 215 Small Beer Vessels well scalded are not amiss. a1714 E. Freke Remembrances (2001) 181 I leave..in the back house and dary..2 shelves and i horse or ale stoole i stand in the small beer seller..and i stand ore ale stoole in my own seller. 1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) II. 157 The small-beer-firkin being 9 Gallons. 1757 W. Thompson Royal Navy-men's Advocate 47 The Fleet sailed without Small Beer Allowance. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. 101 They are immediately affected, like small-beer casks, and rave and boil over in an abundance of factious sputter and turbulence. 1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 275 I recommended them to procure some small-beer yeast. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 741 Litmus blue is prepared by boiling litmus in small-beer wort. 1912 S. T. Bivins Southern Cookbk. 107 Put two quarts of ale, or if you cannot get it, of small beer yeast. 2007 R. Bodenheimer Knowing Dickens v. 140 Mary Joynes got ‘dead drunk’ after forcing open a small beer cellar in 1850. < as lemmas |
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