单词 | egg-hot |
释义 | > as lemmasegg-hot egg-hot n. ‘a hot drink made of beer, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg’ (Berks. Gloss. E.D.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > hot alcoholic drinks (with milk or eggs) > [noun] > nog caudle ferrya1325 hen's milk1790 egg-hot1796 rumfustian1824 eggnog1825 egg flip1832 fustian1832 Tom and Jerry1840 nog1851 1796 C. Lamb Let. 14 June in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 32 I have been drinking egg-hot and smoking Oronooko. 1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xi. 119 She..made a little jug of egg-hot afterwards to console us. 1886 Folk-lore Jrnl. 4 116 At the plentiful supper always provided on this night [sc. Christmas Eve], egg-hot, or eggy-hot, was the principal drink. It was made with eggs, hot beer, sugar, and rum, and was poured from one jug into another until..covered with froth. < as lemmas |
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