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'simmon, n.3 U.S.|ˈsɪmən|
Colloq. abbrev. of persimmon. Freq. attrib., esp. as 'simmon beer.
a1775J. Boucher Gloss. Archaic & Provincial Words (1832) p. l, Brown linen shirts, and cotton jackets wear, Or only wring-jaw drink, and 'simmon beer. 1839Southern Lit. Messenger V. 378/2, I ask you no odds—the longest pole, you know, takes the simmon. 1883P. M. Hale Woods & Timbers N. Carolina 117 The basis of a beverage, by no means despicable, called 'Simmon Beer. 1909‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xxi. 350 That's why you see me cake-walking with the ex-rebs to the illegitimate tune about 'simmon-seeds and cotton. 1945B. A. Botkin Lay my Burden Down 66 'Simmon beer was good in the cold freezing weather too. 1949[see possum hunt s.v. possum n.1 1 f]. |