单词 | to drink off candle-ends |
释义 | > as lemmasto drink off (or eat) candle-ends ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > drink toasts or healths hailc1275 to drink (a person's) hailc1325 to drink good lucka1529 pledge1546 carouse1583 skola1599 to drink off (or eat) candle-ends1600 health1628 to begin to a person1629 bumper1691 toast1699 to drink hob or nob, hob a nob1756 hob-nob1763 hobber-nob1800 to look towards (a person)1833 propine1887 ganbei1940 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 248 Dol Why does the prince loue him so then? Fal. Because..a..eates cunger and fennel, and drinkes off candles endes for flappe-dragons. View more context for this quotation a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) ii. i. sig. D2v Carowse her health in Cans and candles ends. a1637 B. Jonson Newes from New World 220 in Wks. (1640) III But none that will hang themselves for Love, or eate candles ends,..as the Sublunary Lovers doe. < as lemmas |
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