| 单词 | timber-doodle |
| 释义 | > as lemmastimber-doodle timber-doodle n. (a) U.S. local, the American woodcock, Philohela minor ( Cent. Dict. 1891); (b) slang spirituous liquor. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] water of life?c1450 burning watera1475 watera1475 aqua vitae1542 spirit1559 strong water1615 hot waters1616 spirituous liquor1659 spirit1663 fire1707 tape1725 strunt1786 hard stuff1789 firewater1799 fool's water1815 fool water1837 spirituous liquor1842 timber-doodle1842 lightning1858 the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Scolopax (woodcock) > scolopax minor woodcockc1050 wood-snitec1050 timber-doodle1842 Labrador twister1877 wood-snipe1887 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. iii. 141 Mint Julep, Sherry-cobbler, Timber Doodle, and other rare drinks. 1856 Spirit of Times 25 Oct. 129/1 While we have been dosing timberdoodles with infinitesimal blue pills, they shall have..been doctoring bruins. 1873 Punch 17 May 201/2 Any description of beverage possessing the properties of American ‘timberdoodle’. 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 24 Oct. 41/1 Any hunter who has ever overheated his shotgun barrel trying to down the elusive timberdoodle knows..of the erratic flight of the woodcock. < as lemmas |
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