单词 | swipes |
释义 | swipesn. slang or colloquial. Poor weak beer; small beer; hence, beer in general. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > beer > [noun] beerc1000 jug1715 swipes1796 gatter1818 pongelo1859 neck oil1860 pig's ear1880 slop1904 suds1904 hop1929 wallop1933 keg1945 turps1945 brewski1977 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > beer > [noun] > weak or inferior beer small beer1498 small drinkc1525 tap-lash1623 pritch1673 grout1674 belch1706 whip-belly1738 penny-whip1786 swipes1796 strike-me-dead1824 inky-pinky1835 swankey1841 suds1904 near-beer1909 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). < n.1796 |
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