| 单词 | to twist down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto twist (food) down 13. intransitive and transitive. To eat heartily; also to twist (food) down. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat heartily twist1694 nyam1790 to wire into1894 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. v. 17 Twist like Plough-jobbers, and Swill like Tinkers. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xxvii. 132 They us'd to twist store of Holy-bread, Cakes, Buns, Puffs, Lenten-Loaves, Jumbals and Biscuits. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Twist, to Eat. To Twist lustily, to Feed like a Farmer. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Twist To twist it down apace, to eat heartily. 1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. ii. vii. 208 She will twist down a half pound of beef with her ‘potatoe’, and has twisted down half a pound of buttered toast in the morning. < as lemmas |
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