| 单词 | hard stuff |
| 释义 | > as lemmashard stuff hard stuff n. (chiefly with the) (a) U.S. slang hard cash, esp. coins; (b) colloquial (strong) alcoholic drink, esp. spirits. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] water of life?c1450 burning watera1475 watera1475 aqua vitae1542 spirit1559 strong water1615 hot waters1616 spirituous liquor1659 spirit1663 fire1707 tape1725 strunt1786 hard stuff1789 firewater1799 fool's water1815 fool water1837 spirituous liquor1842 timber-doodle1842 lightning1858 1789 S. Low Politician Outwitted iv. i. 46 Money trash! Ready Rhino trash! Golden..money! I'm sure he cou'dn't mean the hard stuff. 1832 Hill's Life New S. Wales (Sydney) 6 July 4 Lots of swizzle, hard stuff, two waters, heavy wet, ‘weed’, and long steamers, were the last act. 1848 Western Lit. Messenger 15 Apr. 170/1 One of the emigrant Germans who came up in the Duchess having the nice little sum of $150 in the hard stuff..rolled it up nicely in a rag. 1925 S. C. Howard They knew what they Wanted i. 28 I got nothing against beer or vino, but the hard stuff don't do nobody any good. 1950 H. E. Goldin Dict. Amer. Underworld Lingo 97/2 Hard stuff, coins; change as distinguished from bills. ‘Stick the soft (bills) in your kick (pocket) and the hard stuff in the bag.’ 2003 D. Boyle Little Money Bk. 51/1 We have to be careful with e-cash. If there is less of the hard stuff in circulation, then there's less for the poorest people who rely on it most. 2011 Time Out N.Y. 21 Apr. 23/3 There's an intensely flavorful chicken-liver sandwich that stands up to a slug of the hard stuff. < as lemmas |
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