| 单词 | absinthe drinker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasabsinthe drinker C1. General attributive and objective, as absinthe drinker, absinthe glass, etc. ΚΠ 1854 Househ. Words 23 Dec. 441/2 Bank notes, Napoleons, and five franc pieces are strewn on the table amidst absinthe glasses, dominoes, decanters, and cigar ends. 1863 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 1 Aug. 1/5 The absinthe drinker returns from his Journey into the Sahara laden only with imbecility. 1889 Bird o' Freedom 7 Aug. 3 An absinthe tumbler which caught him a nasty crack across the dial. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 4 May 12/1 Some statistics..of the growth of the absinthe habit in France seem to justify the alarmists who speak of the beverage as ‘the green peril’. 2003 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 Nov. 13/1 The Metropolitan Museum was still wrangling over whether Impressionism..was something invented in the absinthe shops of Paris. < as lemmas |
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