| 单词 | to be in the gun |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be in the gun 8. slang and dialect. A flagon (of ale). to be in the gun (see quot. 1785.) [Compare gawn n.] Perhaps Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [noun] > specific quantity of cue1603 cee1605 jug?1635 gun1674 ale kilderkin1704 swank1726 nip1736 pint1742 pt.1850 yard of ale1872 square1882 half1888 butcher1889 rabbit1895 rigger1911 sleever1936 tank1936 middy1941 tallboy1956 tube1969 tinnie1974 1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 23 A Gun, a great flagon of Ale sold for 3d. or 4d. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 469 Cap: Powell..invited me on board,..where we had a good dinner, of English pouderd beefe & other good meate, with store of Wine, & great Gunns, as the manner is. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew at Gun In the Gun, Drunk. 1729 Theobald in Nichols Illustr. Lit. Hist. (1817) II. 246 I think there is a vehicle in the University, which they call a ‘Gun of Ale’. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) He's In the Gun, he is drunk, perhaps from an allusion to a vessel called a gun, used for ale in the universities. < as lemmas |
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