| 单词 | yard of clay |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyard of clay c. yard of ale, etc., a deep slender glass for liquor, or the amount of liquor contained in it. yard of clay ( clay yard), a long clay tobacco-pipe. yard of satin (slang), a glass of gin (see satin n. 5). yard of tin, a coachman's horn. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > pipe > clay-pipe > long churchwarden's pipe1832 churchwarden1840 long clay1841 yard of clay1842 churchwarden pipe1860 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > amount of drink > in vessel pot1583 wassail-bowl1606 pottle1632 gyle-ker1775 yard of ale1872 yard-glass1882 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 society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > post-horn post-horna1652 yard of tin1903 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > horn > [noun] > post post-horna1652 mail horn1850 yard of tin1903 1828 W. T. Moncrieff Tom & Jerry iii. vi Log. The haberdasher is..the spirit-merchant,..and tape the commodity he deals in..white is Max, and red is Cognac. Jerry. Then give me a yard and a half of red.] 1842 Punch 2 23 His Highness condescendingly indulged in a pot of half-and-half and a yard of clay. 1866 Lond. Misc. 19 May 235/2 The stolidity of a mynheer smoking his clay yard. 1872 Notes & Queries 4th Ser. X. 49 At the annual Vinis, or feast, of the mock corporation of Hanley (Staffordshire), the initiation of each member, in 1783, consisted in his swearing fealty to the body, and drinking a yard of wine—i.e., a pint of port or sherry out of a glass one yard in length. 1899 Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 3 97/1 The (disused and probably illegal) ‘yard’ of ale. This is a measure a yard long, holding, I should fancy, more than a pint. 1902 Tatler 8 Jan. 52 A ‘Yard of Ale’ Glass. It is 38 in. high and contains two pints of ale. 1903 C. G. Harper Stage-coach & Mail I. xii. 279 That instrument [sc. the key-bugle] came over from Germany in 1818, and for a time pretty thoroughly displaced the old ‘yard of tin’ the earlier guards had blown so lustily. < as lemmas |
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