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单词 swipes
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swipesn.

/swʌɪps/
Forms: Also swypes.
Etymology: ? < swipe v. (sense 1).
slang or colloquial.
Poor weak beer; small beer; hence, beer in general.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > beer > [noun]
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1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Swipes, purser's swipes; small beer; so termed on board the king's ships, where it is furnished by the purser.
1812 Murphy Delany's Feast 8 The Rattle-belly vengeance flew about, Swipes, 'tis call'd in common.
1821 W. Scott Let. 6 Apr. (1934) VI. 407 I am bringing down with me a tankard for swipes.
1836 T. Hood Comic Ann. 87 To me it seems this is a day For bread and cheese and swipes.
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xxxviii. 37 It's been as dull as swipes.
1895 G. Meredith Amazing Marriage I. xv. 175 You may get as royally intoxicated on swipes as on choice wine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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