单词 | hot toddy |
释义 | > as lemmashot toddy 2. Frequently in hot toddy. extracted from toddyn. a. A drink typically consisting of whisky or other spirit, (hot) water, sugar or honey, and sometimes lemon or spices, often considered warming, soothing, or restorative.Frequently with distinguishing word indicating the type of alcohol or flavour, as whisky-toddy, rum toddy, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] > spirits and water > hot toddy1741 tod1797 warm with1838 hot stopping1840 hot with1840 1741 Trials S. Goodere, M. Mahony, & C. White 16 I asked the Landlord to make me a Pint of Toddy, he asked me whether I would have it hot or cold, I told him a little warm. 1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xx, in Poems 50 The lads an' lasses, blythely bent To mind baith saul an' body, Sit round the table, weel content, An' steer about the toddy. [Brit. Mus. MS. copy of 1785 in Burns's own handwriting has lines 2 and 4 ‘Their lowan thirst an drowth tae quench’,..‘And steer about the punch’.] 1798 J. Root Rep. Superior Court & Supreme Court of Errors 1 80 For giving her a dose in some toddy, to intoxicate and inflame her passions. 1809 A. Wilson Let. 22 Feb. in Poems & Lit. Prose (1876) I. 158 A tumbler of toddy is usually the morning's beverage of the inhabitants [of North Carolina]. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. vi. 111 They took to more toddy and singing Scotch songs. 1941 Manch. Guardian 29 Apr. 4/6 The taproom was empty except for the landlord and an old man who sat sipping a steaming glass of toddy. 2010 P. O'Grady Devil rides Out v. 77 Pulling pints, serving food and mixing some sort of hot toddy that the porters liked to drink. b. A serving of this drink. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] > spirits and water > hot > a drink of toddy1831 1831 Monthly Traveller June 237/2 While he prescribes physic with the hesitation of a humane executioner, he recommends a negus or a toddy with the most fervid decision. 1860 Harper's Mag. June 97/2 I stepped into a night cellar much frequented by the fancy..and called for supper and a toddy. 1894 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 75 I drank more than one toddy. 1938 Life 18 July 43/1 To every thirsty veteran was served a toddy containing one dram of whiskey. 1987 W. Percy Thanatos Syndrome iii. ii. 137 Lucy fixes toddies of nearly straight bourbon in crystal goblets the size of a mason jar. 2008 Esquire Jan. 180/3 Keep a hot toddy close to hand with Dunhill's neat little leather-covered hunter's flask. < as lemmas |
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