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单词 the temperance pledge
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the temperance pledge
d. With the. A solemn undertaking to abstain from alcohol (as made by members of a temperance movement). Also the temperance pledge, the total abstinence pledge. Frequently in to take (also sign, keep) the pledge.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [noun] > pledge to abstain from drinking
pledge1833
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > totally abstain from alcohol
abstain1784
to put (also keep) in the pin1827
to take (also sign, keep) the pledge1833
teetotal1883
to take the blue ribbon1884
teetotalize1898
the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > I promise you [phrase] > specific promise or pledge
borgh of haimhaldc1400
pledge of allegiance1750
the temperance pledge1833
the total abstinence pledge1833
1829 Ohio Repository 13 Mar. 5/3 The members of the Rev. Dr. Skinner's church..came forward..and signed a pledge that they would not hereafter partake of any ardent spirits.]
1833 New Eng. Mag. (Boston) Aug. 137 The Temperance Pledge.
1833 New Eng. Mag. (Boston) Aug. 141 Has he signed the pledge?
1843 in M. Miliband Observer of 19th Cent. (1966) 161 About 3,000 persons took the pledge... From the appearance of many of them, we should say the total abstinence pledge was very necessary.
1864 Soc. Sci. Rev. 259 When a man is a drunkard, and can still respect and keep an oath, by all means let him take the pledge.
1930 G. B. Shaw Apple Cart i. 43 Though none of us doubted that he would sign the pledge, we were not equally certain that the infirmities of his nature would allow him to keep it.
1970 J. H. Gray Boy from Winnipeg 126 It was only when bootleg beer became openly available in the downtown hotels after 1920 that he gradually slipped from the pledge.
1990 J. Meyers D.H. Lawrence ii. 17 Lydia, a teetotaler, had persuaded Arthur to take the pledge when they married.
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