| 单词 | to wet the baby's head |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wet the baby's head b. to wet the baby's head and variants: to drink to celebrate the birth of a child. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > celebrate or initiate with drink weta1687 steep1765 to wet the baby's head1881 1881 W. Westall Old Factory II. v. 46 ‘We'll wet little Mabel's head with some of it.’ ‘What mean you?’.. ‘Why my wife was brought to bed last night of a little lass as we are going to call Mabel, and I'd like us to drink her health. That's what we call wetting a child's head in these parts.’ 1924 D. H. Lawrence & M. L. Skinner Boy in Bush xiv. 210 Come along in—all welcome!—an' wet the baby's eye. 1953 E. Simon Past Masters iii. v. 173 At the party given to ‘wet the baby's head’ the McGillivrays' friends and relations produced only large and expensive gifts. 1970 Guardian 2 May 3/7 If he had not been wetting the baby's head, and so been slightly above proof, he might have run for it. < as lemmas |
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