| 单词 | winterpick |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswinterpick winterpick n. [ < winter n.1 + pick n.3 (compare pick v.1 12)] English regional (now rare) a sloe (see sloe n. 1a), esp. one picked after the first frost of the winter. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > plum > sloe sloec725 blackberry1567 cat-sloe1578 snag1578 hedge-peak1630 bull-plum1770 hedge-speak1847 winterpick1859 egg-peg1878 1859 W. S. Coleman Our Woodlands 118 ‘Winterpicks’ is a provincial synonyme for this fruit, and ‘winterpick-wine’ takes the place of port in the rustic ‘cellar’. 1870 Once a Week 22 Jan. 567/2 I made many other inquiries from other cottages, and found that they were all well acquainted with the winterpick, although they did not all make it into wine. 1993 Times (Nexis) 18 Sept. (Features section) Pick only the firmest, ripest, intact berries (traditionally, sloes were picked in the autumn after the first frost, hence its nickname of winterpick wine, and left to steep in gin until Christmas). < as lemmas |
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