单词 | stingo |
释义 | stingon. slang. a. Strong ale or beer. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [noun] > strong ale or beer Old Pharaoh1648 stingo1651 1651 T. Randolph et al. Hey for Honesty ii. vi. 19/1 Come let's in and drink a Cup of stingo. 1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 32 Returning with a large Quart of mighty Ale, that might compare with Stingo, for it would cut a Feather. 1756 Connoisseur No. 105. ⁋3 He would give me a cup of the best Yorkshire Stingo. 1826 Sporting Mag. 17 375 A glass of his Lordship's old Shropshire stingo. 1891 N. Gould Double Event 307 Host Barnes had tapped a barrel of double stingo for the occasion. b. figurative. Vigour, energy, vim; to give (a person) hot stingo = to give it hot at give v. Phrases 1c(a) ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] greennesseOE lustinessc1325 forcea1375 vigourc1386 virrc1575 vigour1602 nerve1605 vivacity1649 vis1650 actuosity1660 amenity1661 vogue1674 energy1783 smeddum1790 dash1796 throughput1808 feck1811 go1825 steam1826 jism1842 vim1843 animalism1848 fizz1856 jasm1860 verve1863 snap1865 sawdusta1873 élan1880 stingo1885 energeticism1891 sprawl1894 zip1899 pep1908 jazz1912 zoom1926 toe1963 zap1968 stank1997 1885 Punch 22 Aug. 86/3 It's rare fun, by Jingo! I give 'em hot stingo. 1927 Daily Tel. 19 July 15 To keep in good trim and add stingo to your efforts in sport. 1927 J. Galsworthy in ‘A. A. Horn’ & E. Lewis Trader Horn Foreword 5 A gorgeous book..full of sheer stingo. 1928 Observer 18 Mar. 23/3 Some shanties, sung by Raymond Newell and a chorus, are full of stingo. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1651 |
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