| 单词 | twankay tea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasTwankay tea a. A variety of green tea (in full Twankay tea), properly that from the place so called (see above), but also applied to blends of this with other growths. A full account is given by S. Ball (1848) in the work cited below, pp. 235–240. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [noun] > types of dry tea > green tea imperial tea1699 imperial1713 green1728 gunpowder1771 cow-slip tea1796 Twankay1840 Jack the Painter1848 1840 J. T. J. Hewlett Peter Priggins xiv, in New Monthly Mag. Our conversation over the twanky and brown Georges..chiefly related to college and university matters. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Wks. (1886) XXIII. 60 We'll have a roaring pot of twankay. 1857 A. Mayhew Paved with Gold iii. xviii He didn't want to sit drinking hot grog with the old boy. He infinitely preferred cold Twankay, with the young damsel. 1864 W. Wood Few Words about Tea 7 The Green Tea-leaf is made up into six different shapes, called by us..Twankay, Hyson-Skin, Hyson, Young Hyson, Imperial and Gunpowder. < as lemmas |
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