单词 | stone fence |
释义 | > as lemmasstone fence stone fence n. (a) a fence made of stones, a stone wall; (b) U.S. slang, name for various intoxicating drinks (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > other alcoholic drinks > [noun] > others stitch-broth1635 Cherellya1640 rug1653 steel-nose1654 pope's-milka1661 Northdown1670 purl royal1675 sweetsa1679 forty-ninea1713 huggle-my-buff1756 slug1756 gunpowder1765 guarapo1772 peachy1781 all nations1785 anti-fogmatic1789 soma1827 ava1831 native1832 tap1832 stone fence1844 slap-bang1845 Angostura1856 jake1910 tepache1926 pruno1936 muratina1968 makkoli1970 alcopop1996 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > wall > stone wall stonewallc825 boulder-walls1728 flint-wall1728 rock wall1755 rock fence1838 stone fence1844 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. I. 37 I might as well a been talking to a stun fence. 1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) vii. iii. 393 The first inventors of those recondite beverages, cock-tail, stone-fence, and sherry cobbler. 1856 Kingsley in Life & Lett. (1879) II. xiv. 29 Climbing cliffs, and shoving down stone fences. 1859 F. Fowler Southern Lights 52 A Stone-fence. Ginger-beer and brandy. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 217 Now he is asked to take a Stone Fence, and now a Railroad, but both are simple whiskey. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 June 3/2 ‘Stone fence’ is the euphonious cognomen given to whisky which is drunk with cider instead of water. < as lemmas |
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