| 单词 | to nudge the turps |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto nudge the turps 5. transitive. slang (originally and chiefly Australian). To drink (alcohol) to excess. Esp. in to nudge the turps (cf. turps n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > freely wassailc1300 waught?a1513 quaff1520 to drink (it) all outa1522 bibblea1529 quaught1530 to set cock on the hoopa1535 quass1549 tipple1560 swillc1563 carouse1567 to drink, quaff (pledge one) carouse1567 troll-the-bowl1575 to take one's rousea1593 pot1622 tope1668 toot1676 compotate1694 to soak one's clay (or face)1704 birlea1800 to splice the mainbrace1805 jollify1830 brimmer1838 to give it a bit of a nudge1966 nudge1966 1959 H. Drake-Brockman West Coast Stories 139 Last time I saw Wheelbarrow he had been drinking heavy—the bombo again. ‘Just to nudge me liver,’ he says.] 1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) 178 Nudge, used in reference to drinking, e.g. give it a nudge, nudge it, to drink alcoholic liquor. 1979 B. Humphries Bazza comes into his Own 46 ‘I'm on my way to your country for a conference on alcoholism and drug dependency.’ ‘G'day Doc. You'd have to be the world expert... Did you ever nudge the turps!!’ 1998 Viz June 44/1 You show me a T.V. personality who doesn't nudge the turps. < as lemmas |
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