单词 | snootful |
释义 | snootfuln. As much (alcohol, etc.) as one can take; a quantity of alcohol, esp. one sufficient to induce drunkenness. Cf. skinful n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > large drink pulla1500 rousea1593 load1594 carouse1599 elbow-healtha1627 skinful1788 swag1819 nor'-wester1835 long beer1892 snootful1918 1918 R. Lardner Real Dope 43 When somebodys else husband pulls something its O.K. but if their own husband does it he must of had a snoot full. 1935 P. G. Wodehouse Luck of Bodkins xvii. 205 His whole mind was manifestly intent on reaching the smoking-room and getting a snootful. 1953 W. R. Burnett Vanity Row xvi. 117 He was drunk... ‘A snootful, eh?’ 1969 K. Vonnegut Slaughterhouse-Five ii. 40 Billy didn't usually drink much..but he certainly had a snootful now. 1977 H. Greene FSO-1 xi. 103 Kim..had gotten a snootful of the tear gas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1918 |
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