| 单词 | zeppelins in a cloud |
| 释义 | > as lemmasZeppelins in a cloud 2. slang (chiefly Military in early use). A sausage. Usually in Zeppelins in a cloud and variants: sausage and mash. Cf. Zepp n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > sausage > [noun] pudding1287 saucister1347 sausage14.. sauserling1475 pota1500 gigot1553 isingc1560 gut-pudding1697 small goods1716 jegget1736 German duck1785 pud1828 dog1891 Zepp1915 Zeppelin1915 wors1923 snag1941 1909 Arrow (Sydney) 18 Sept. 16/4 ‘Give me two sausages and mashed, waiter, and plenty of gravy..’ The polite waiter applied himself to the speaking tube: ‘Two Zeppelin airships on a cloud!’ he bellowed down, ‘and make zem rainy!’] 1915 Leader (Orange, New S. Wales) 13 Apr. [Report from London correspondent] If you happened to be a waiter or a waitress, and a customer asked for ‘two Zeppelins on a snow-cloud’, I wonder what you would get for him. 1916 Daily News (Perth, W. Austral.) 23 June 8/7 They [sc. seamen in the British Navy] apply to the various dishes such quaint names as ‘schooner on a rock’, ‘a straight rush’, or ‘Zeppelins in a cloud’. 1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 154 Zeppelins in a Fog, the modern naval name for sausages and mashed potatoes. 1970 F. McKenna Gloss. Railwaymen's Talk 35 Zeppelins, Railway Canteen sausages. 1995 M. J. Staples Echoes of Yesterday i. ix. 117 A supper of sausages and mash, referred to these days as zeppelins in a cloud. < as lemmas |
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