单词 | vaaljapie |
释义 | vaaljapien. South African. Rough young wine, inferior wine. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > class or grade of wine > [noun] > cheap or inferior wine drum-winea1640 red ink1849 Gladstone (claret)1864 pinkie1897 dago red1906 pinard1917 ink1918 plonk1927 grocer's Graves1931 grocer's wine1931 nelly1941 Red Ned1941 vaaljapie1945 purple death1947 grocer's sherry1958 papsak2004 1945 Cape Times 21 May What I say is ‘Come quick, go quick,’ and Vaal Japie is my best friend. 1949 L. G. Green In Land of Afternoon 59 Young wine, not matured but about six months old, is known as Vaaljapie... It takes its name from its tawny colour though some varieties are red. 1958 Cape Times 29 Nov. 1/5 Some woodcutters..made him drunk on vaaljapie and called the police while he was asleep. 1968 D. J. Opperman Spirit of Vine 242 Brandy and vaaljapie have always had an irresistible attraction for these people. 1975 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. XI. 464/2 The wine ration given by farmers to their labourers..is referred to as ‘boys' wine’, or ‘vaaljapie’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1945 |
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