| 单词 | bottle ticket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbottle ticket bottle ticket n. now chiefly historical a metal label, often of silver, hung on a chain round the neck of a decanter or bottle to indicate the drink (typically wine or spirits) that it contains.Common esp. in the 18th cent.; now more usually called a decanter label or wine label (cf. wine label n. (a) at wine n.1 Compounds 2). ΚΠ 1737 Goldsmith's Ledger in J. Salter Wine Labels, 1730–2003 (2004) 25 6 Bottle Ticketts. 1756 Connoisseur No. 112. 676 Every lady's bosom should..be ornamented with a chain and locket [indicating her fortune], something like those bottle-tickets which direct us to port, claret, or burgundy. 1862 Archaeol. Jrnl. 19 297 The advertisement of the sale of enameled trinkets..on the bankruptcy of the younger Jansen, enumerates..bottle-tickets with chains for all sorts of liquors. 1972 Times 27 Nov. (Wines & Spirits Suppl.) p. vi/9 A selection of bottle tickets sold at Christie's. 2002 National Trust Mag. Spring 96/3 If you wanted to offer more than one wine..muddle was a distinct possibility. The answer was the bottle ticket. < as lemmas |
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