单词 | pepper posset |
释义 | > as lemmaspepper posset ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > hot alcoholic drinks (with milk or eggs) > [noun] > posset posseta1425 balductumc1450 sack-posset1601 pepper posset1669 treacle-posset1732 brandy-posset1769 powsowdie1825 egg-posset1832 beer-posset1842 1669 H. Stubbe Let. 17 Dec. in R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. 57 It creates in the throat such a sense, as remains after drinking pepper-posset. a1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Cock & Fox in Wks. (1885) XI. 340 A sparing diet did her health assure; Or sick, a pepper posset was her cure. 1854 Harper's Mag. Feb. 296 Stefan's pepper-posset was not quite the specific he had warranted it to be. < as lemmas |
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