单词 | snake room |
释义 | > as lemmassnake room snake room n. Canadian (see quot. 1912). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > basement room for drunks snake room1912 1912 J. Sandilands Western Canad. Dict. & Phrase-bk. 42/1 Snake-room , a side room of a basement where saloon-keepers accommodate doped or drunken people until they recover their senses, presumably a place where they ‘see snakes’. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 29 Oct. 15/2 ‘Tommy’ was one of a bunch who were swapping stories recently in the snake room. 1975 F. Kennedy Alberta was my Beat vi. 73 All adjourned to the ‘snake room’ in the basement. < as lemmas |
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