单词 | in great spout |
释义 | > as lemmasin great (also good) spout P1. colloquial (originally and chiefly English regional (Berkshire)) in great (also good) spout: in high spirits. Now rare. ΚΠ 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (at cited word) He is in great spout, he is in high spirits. 1867 J. L. Peyton Amer. Crisis I. vii. 183 They [sc. people in Berkshire] invariably..for in good spirits, [say] ‘in good spout’. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (1961) 815/2 Spout, in great, in high spirits, noisy. < as lemmas |
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