| 单词 | blind tiger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblind tiger blind tiger n. U.S. = blind-pig n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > illegal drinking-house shebeenc1787 joint1821 kiddleywink1830 blind tiger1857 shanty1862 dive1871 blind-pig1887 speakeasy1889 shebeen1900 booze can1905 speak1930 speako1931 nip joint1936 1857 Spirit of Times 23 May 182/1 I sees a kinder pigeon-hole cut in the side of a house, and over the hole, in big writin', ‘Blind Tiger, ten cents a sight.’.. That ‘blind tiger’ was an arrangement to evade the law, which won't let 'em sell licker there, except by the gallon. 1884 Arkansas Digest Laws 1883 493 Any person..who shall sell..any alcohol..by such device as is known as ‘the blind tiger’,..shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 1903 N.Y. Evening Post 16 Sept. It will be interesting to note the effect [of the beer gardens] on the ‘blind tigers’, which have continued to flourish in spite of executive vigilance. 1926 D. L. Colvin Prohibition in U.S. 297 Some effort was made to suppress blind tigers which were then chiefly supplied by moonshine stills. blind tiger c. blind tiger, an establishment at which intoxicating drinks are surreptitiously sold (U.S.). ΚΠ 1892 Evening Echo 30 June 1/7 The proprietor of a ‘blind tiger’ (an illicit drinking place) in Lancaster, a..town of Kentucky, has been fined in 577 cases. < as lemmas |
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