单词 | inky-pinky |
释义 | inky-pinkyn. Scottish. Small beer. The word occurs in versions of the Halloween play Galatians; see E. K. Chambers, Eng. Folk-play (1933), 55. There are other senses and forms, on which see the Sc. National Dict. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > beer > [noun] > weak or inferior beer small beer1498 small drinkc1525 tap-lash1623 pritch1673 grout1674 belch1706 whip-belly1738 penny-whip1786 swipes1796 strike-me-dead1824 inky-pinky1835 swankey1841 suds1904 near-beer1909 1835 J. Maidment Galatians 4 Inky Pinky about seventy or eighty years since was used by the brewers in Stirlingshire to designate the smallest kind of beer. 1842 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes Scotl. (new ed.) 69/2 I have a little bottle of inker-pinker in my pocket. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835 |
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