| 单词 | grocer's port |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrocer's port C1. British. In the genitive, designating cheap, low quality alcoholic drink, esp. wine, sold at a grocer's shop or supermarket, as in grocer's port, grocer's wine, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > class or grade of wine > [noun] > cheap or inferior wine drum-winea1640 red ink1849 Gladstone (claret)1864 pinkie1897 dago red1906 pinard1917 ink1918 plonk1927 grocer's Graves1931 grocer's wine1931 nelly1941 Red Ned1941 vaaljapie1945 purple death1947 grocer's sherry1958 papsak2004 1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 650/1 We are ready to idealize British Brandy, or Grocer's Port to any extent—so we be not asked to drink them. 1888 Boys Leisure Hour 1 Sept. 312/3 Had the cheap grocer's rum imbibed by him a[nd] his bosom friend turned their heads? 1931 W. Holtby Poor Caroline i. 21 The cultivation of a palate cannot be achieved on grocer's port. 1960 J. Morris Hired to Kill iii. xvi. 141 To that it bears about as much resemblance as does a bottle of the finest vintage claret to grocer's wine. 1994 Independent (Nexis) 10 Apr. 44 We find Hester offering her husband—a man who drinks nothing but the best—a glass of over-oxygenated grocer's wine. < as lemmas |
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