penny-whipn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛnɪwɪp/, U.S.

/ˈpɛniˌ(h)wɪp/, Scottish English

/ˈpɛnɪhwɪp/, Irish English

/ˈpɛni(h)wɪp/

Forms: 1700s– penny-wheep, 1800s penny-whaup (rare), 1800s– penny-whip.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; the first element is apparently penny n.; the second element is perhaps imitative.Penny-wabble is also recorded in the same sense in Scots in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern). Now rare.

A thin weak beer originally sold at a penny a bottle.

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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

1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xix, in Poems 50 Be 't whisky-gill or penny-wheep, Or ony stronger potion.

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 671 To get desirably tipsy upon penny~whip for twopence.

1877 E. Leigh Gloss. Words Dial. Cheshire 153 Penny whip, very small beer, swipes watered.

1899 Proc. Philos. Soc. Glasgow 31 15 Feebler even than penny-whaup.

1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ (title) Penny wheep.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 250/2 Penny-whip, penny-wheep, a weak kind of beer, formerly sold at one (old) penny a bottle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	penny-whip
释义	penny-whipn. Brit. /ˈpɛnɪwɪp/, U.S. /ˈpɛniˌ(h)wɪp/, Scottish English /ˈpɛnɪhwɪp/, Irish English /ˈpɛni(h)wɪp/ Forms: 1700s– penny-wheep, 1800s penny-whaup (rare), 1800s– penny-whip. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; the first element is apparently penny n.; the second element is perhaps imitative.Penny-wabble is also recorded in the same sense in Scots in the 19th and 20th centuries. Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern). Now rare. A thin weak beer originally sold at a penny a bottle. 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 1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xix, in Poems 50 Be 't whisky-gill or penny-wheep, Or ony stronger potion. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 671 To get desirably tipsy upon penny~whip for twopence. 1877 E. Leigh Gloss. Words Dial. Cheshire 153 Penny whip, very small beer, swipes watered. 1899 Proc. Philos. Soc. Glasgow 31 15 Feebler even than penny-whaup. 1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ (title) Penny wheep. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 250/2 Penny-whip, penny-wheep, a weak kind of beer, formerly sold at one (old) penny a bottle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1786
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