balderdash |
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(obs. sense) a haphazard mixture of liquors.
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mazer |
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a large drinking bowl, originally of wood but
now of metal.
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mountain dew |
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whisky, esp. moonshine corn liquor.
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tyg |
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a large many-handled drinking mug of the 17th century.
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caudle cup |
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a deep two-handled cup, usually having a cover.
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fuddling cup |
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an earthenware drinking vessel of 17-18th
century England: a cluster of three or more
cups whose interiors are interconnected.
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puzzle jug |
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a drinking jug which tends to spill its
contents upon the drinker, made in the 17th
and 18th centuries.
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dobbin |
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a horse, esp. a plodding one; a one-gill
18th-century drinking vessel.
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perry |
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(Brit.) pear cider.
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jorum |
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a large punch bowl; a great amount.
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coin glass |
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a drinking glass of the 17th and 18th
centuries, having a coin embedded in the stem.
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grog lifter |
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a serving vessel, used c. 1800, having a hole
at each end, one of which is stopped with the
thumb during the transfer.
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verjuice |
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a liquor made from the juice of unripe grapes,
crab apples, etc.; sour-tempered.
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monteith |
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a large silver punch bowl whose rim is notched
for hanging cups.
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coaching glass |
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a small footless drinking glass, c. 1800.
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sneaky pete |
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(slang) inferior or homemade booze.
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skinking |
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(Scot.) watery.
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shilpit |
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(Scot.) sickly, feeble; (of whisky) watery.
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slumgullion |
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a stew of meat and vegetables; a watery drink;
the waste from processing whale carcasses;
a clayey deposit in mining sluices.
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mustache cup |
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a cup having a protrusion below the rim to
hold back the user's whiskers.
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air twist |
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a serpentine bubble in the stem of a goblet.
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concinnous |
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having concinnity; harmonious; stylistically
congruous. [< L /con-/ + /cinnus/ a mixed drink]
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