switcheln.

/ˈswɪtʃəl/

Forms: Also switchell.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare swizzle n.¹

North American.

1. A drink made of molasses and water, sometimes with vinegar, ginger, or rum added; also applied to various strong drinks sweetened and flavoured.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > other cocktails

balderdash1611

twist1699

Coke-upon-Littleton1740

julep1787

camphor julep1788

switchel1790

sling1792

mint sling1804

mint julep1809

swizzle1813

smash1850

rattlesnake1862

sour1862

Collins1865

John Collins1865

split1882

rickey1893

Picon punch1900

stinger1901

Bronx1906

Jack Rose1912

Pimm's1912

orange blossom1919

Americano1928

Merry Widow1930

snowball1930

atomic cocktail1941

Sazarac cocktail1941

grasshopper1949

Bellini1955

saketini1959

wallbanger1970

caipirinha1973

Long Island ice tea1978

Alabama slammer1980

Long Island iced tea1981

1790 P. Freneau in Daily Advertiser (N.Y.) 22 Mar. 3/1 Not wretched switchel and vile hogo drams.

1808 M. L. Weems Life G. Washington (ed. 6) ix. 74 The dauntless Yankees still drank their Switchel.

1840 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1848) 3rd Ser. xi. 85 What will you have? cocktail, sling, julip, sherry cobbler, purl talabogus, clear sheer or switchell?

1843 Family Herald 29 July 183/1 The drinks ain't good here;..no white noses..switchel-flip..or nothin', but that heavy, stupid, black, fat porter.

1848 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms at Liquor Switchel-flip.

1914 H. Garland Son of Middle Border iii In summer Harriet and I..carried ‘switchel’ to the men in the hay-fields by means of a jug hung in the middle of a long stick.

1925 Dial. Notes 5 344 [Newfoundland] Switchel, a drink of water and molasses.

1959 W. R. Bird These are Maritimes vii. 190 She kept the jug in the cellar and boy when you came in and had a mug of that switchel it was worth while.

1977 New Hampsh. Times 27 July vii. 20/3 Switchel was a concoction of cold water, sugar, ginger and vinegar, and..it was more or less thirst-quenching.

2. Newfoundland. (A drink of) tea, esp. amongst fishermen and sealers (see quots.).

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the world > food and drink > drink > tea > [noun] > tea made in bush or outdoors

bush tea1768

quart-pot tea1854

switchel1897

1897 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 10 211 Switchel, a mug of weak tea given to the sailors between meals when at the seal fishing.

1924 G. A. England Vikings of Ice 50 Some were devouring beans and salt meat; others, gulping tea that steamed. ‘Switchel’, this tea was; that is, boiled~over tea whereto now and again fresh leaves are added.

1963 Amer. Speech 38 300 Switchel, cold tea.

1974 National Geographic Jan. 114/2 [We] snugged down in the cabin for a ‘cup o' switchel’, as they call strong tea.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	switchel
释义	switcheln. /ˈswɪtʃəl/ Forms: Also switchell. Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare swizzle n.¹ North American. 1. A drink made of molasses and water, sometimes with vinegar, ginger, or rum added; also applied to various strong drinks sweetened and flavoured. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > other cocktails balderdash1611 twist1699 Coke-upon-Littleton1740 julep1787 camphor julep1788 switchel1790 sling1792 mint sling1804 mint julep1809 swizzle1813 smash1850 rattlesnake1862 sour1862 Collins1865 John Collins1865 split1882 rickey1893 Picon punch1900 stinger1901 Bronx1906 Jack Rose1912 Pimm's1912 orange blossom1919 Americano1928 Merry Widow1930 snowball1930 atomic cocktail1941 Sazarac cocktail1941 grasshopper1949 Bellini1955 saketini1959 wallbanger1970 caipirinha1973 Long Island ice tea1978 Alabama slammer1980 Long Island iced tea1981 1790 P. Freneau in Daily Advertiser (N.Y.) 22 Mar. 3/1 Not wretched switchel and vile hogo drams. 1808 M. L. Weems Life G. Washington (ed. 6) ix. 74 The dauntless Yankees still drank their Switchel. 1840 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1848) 3rd Ser. xi. 85 What will you have? cocktail, sling, julip, sherry cobbler, purl talabogus, clear sheer or switchell? 1843 Family Herald 29 July 183/1 The drinks ain't good here;..no white noses..switchel-flip..or nothin', but that heavy, stupid, black, fat porter. 1848 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms at Liquor Switchel-flip. 1914 H. Garland Son of Middle Border iii In summer Harriet and I..carried ‘switchel’ to the men in the hay-fields by means of a jug hung in the middle of a long stick. 1925 Dial. Notes 5 344 [Newfoundland] Switchel, a drink of water and molasses. 1959 W. R. Bird These are Maritimes vii. 190 She kept the jug in the cellar and boy when you came in and had a mug of that switchel it was worth while. 1977 New Hampsh. Times 27 July vii. 20/3 Switchel was a concoction of cold water, sugar, ginger and vinegar, and..it was more or less thirst-quenching. 2. Newfoundland. (A drink of) tea, esp. amongst fishermen and sealers (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea > [noun] > tea made in bush or outdoors bush tea1768 quart-pot tea1854 switchel1897 1897 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 10 211 Switchel, a mug of weak tea given to the sailors between meals when at the seal fishing. 1924 G. A. England Vikings of Ice 50 Some were devouring beans and salt meat; others, gulping tea that steamed. ‘Switchel’, this tea was; that is, boiled~over tea whereto now and again fresh leaves are added. 1963 Amer. Speech 38 300 Switchel, cold tea. 1974 National Geographic Jan. 114/2 [We] snugged down in the cabin for a ‘cup o' switchel’, as they call strong tea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1790
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