whiskywhiskeyn.¹

Brit.

/ˈwɪski/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)wɪski/

Forms: Also 1700s -kie, -kee.

Etymology: Short for whiskybae, etc. (Gaelic uisgebeatha lit. ‘water of life’), though this is not actually evidenced so early (but Ramsay has usque for usquebaugh n., in 1728). In modern trade usage, Scotch whisky and Irish whiskey are thus distinguished in spelling; whisky is the usual spelling in Britain and whiskey that in the U.S.

A spirituous liquor distilled originally in Ireland and Scotland, and in the British Isles still chiefly, from malted barley (with or without unmalted barley or other cereals), in U.S. chiefly from maize or rye. With a and plural, a drink of whisky.Also in whisky-and-milk, whisky-and-soda, whisky-and-water (often so hyphenated), denoting mixed or diluted drinks.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun]

usquebaugh1581

creature1638

corn-brandy1704

whisky1715

usque1728

spunkiea1796

skreigh1813

the stuff1828

snake poison1842

tanglefoot1860

whisky-straight1864

oil1869

Auld Kirk1884

snake juice1890

screech1902

scat1914

pinch bottle1916

screecham1923

juice1932

malt1967

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] > drinks made with whisky

Yankee1804

Athole brose1818

whisky-and-soda1898

stengah1899

whisky-soda1915

whisky-water1919

1715 in Maidment Bk. Scot. Pasquils (1868) 404 Whiskie shall put our brains in rage.

1746 M. Hughes Plain Narr. Late Rebellion 46 A double Portion of Oatmeal and Whisky. note, Whisky is a hot Malt Spirit.

1753 Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 48 Whiskee—Po!—Give me a Glass of that Rhenish.

1753 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 391/2 In one dram shop only in this town [sc. Dublin], there are 120 gallons of that accursed spirit, whiskey, sold.

1827 Whitehall ii. iii The Major then mixed himself a glass of whiskey and water in equal portions.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 247 He..went home..for his whiskey and water.

1884 G. Moore Mummer's Wife xvi ‘I think I'll have a whisky.’ ‘Scotch or Irish?’ asked the barman.

1894 K. Grahame Pagan Papers 76 Those of us who were left being assembled to drink a parting whisky-and-milk.

1898 G. B. Shaw Mrs. Warren's Profession ii. 177 I could do with a whisky and soda now very well.

1903 Times 31 July 13/6 In less than an hour he sold 22 whiskies.

1924 H. Crane Let. 30 Nov. (1965) 195 As whiskey and soda was served I quickly revived.

1979 G. St. Aubyn Edward VII vii. 316 Offering him a whisky-and-soda and a cigar.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

whisky bottle n.

ΚΠ

1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase II. lvi. 242 He abstained..from his whiskey bottle.

1981 M. Hatfield Spy Fever i. vi. 53 The whisky bottle was still in play, though its contents..had not shrunk catastrophically.

whisky-can n.

ΚΠ

1845 E. Cook Poems 2nd Ser. 12 Jolly mates, a whiskey-can, and trusty nets for me!

whisky-cocktail n.

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1862 J. Thomas How to mix Drinks Contents Whiskey Cobbler, Cocktail.

whisky decanter n.

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1931 M. Allingham Police at Funeral xi. 151 He..shot a hopeless glance at the whisky decanter.

1976 E. Ward Hanged Man xxi. 129 Galbraith placed the whisky decanter within reach.

whisky-drinker n.

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1771 J. Wesley Jrnl. 18 June (1827) III. 424 The house..was filled with whisky drinkers.

1905 H. D. Rolleston Dis. Liver 178 Hobnailed, Gin, or Whiskey-drinker's liver.

whisky-drinking n. and adj.

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1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi lviii. 571 Whiskey-drinking, breakdown-dancing rapscallions.

1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxi. 184 There was considerable whiskey drinking going on.

1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 34 The row was the outcome of whiskey drinking.

whisky-gill n.

ΚΠ

1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xix, in Poems 50 Be't whisky-gill or penny-wheep, Or ony stronger potion.

whisky glass n.

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1940 R. Chandler Farewell, my Lovely xiii. 82 She wore a hat with a crown the size of a whisky glass.

whisky-punch n.

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1786 R. Burns Poems 27 A glass o' Whisky-punch.

1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. iv. 36 His..utterance began to fail him, over his sixth tumbler of whiskey-punch.

whisky-shop n.

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1804 M. Lewis Jrnl. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1986) II. 179 Such as have made hunting..a pretext to cover their design of visiting a neighbouring whiskey shop.

1868 A. K. H. Boyd Lessons Middle Age 29 The sight of a whisky-shop or a gin-palace is to such an overwhelming temptation.

whisky-still n.

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1786 R. Burns Poems 28 Thae curst horse-leeches o' th' Excise, Wha mak the Whisky Stells their prize!

whisky-toddy n.

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1812 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 59 I sat down with some whisky toddy.

whisky-gold adj.

ΚΠ

1918 E. Sitwell Clowns' Houses 15 The sunlight pours all whisky-gold.

whisky-soaked adj.

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a1910 ‘M. Twain’ Autobiography (1924) I. 209 Some old whisky-soaked, profane..infidel of a tramp captain.

1978 R. Ludlum Holcroft Covenant xiii. 153 Ellis made arrangements for the whiskey-soaked clothes to be picked up by the cleaners and returned by mid afternoon.

whisky-sodden adj.

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1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi lvi. 548 A harmless whiskey-sodden tramp.

1891 E. Kinglake Austral. at Home 102 You whisky-sodden old miscreant.

C2.

whisky-brose n. see brose n. b.

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1822 A. Cunningham Trad. Tales I. 307 Whiskey-brose shall be my breakfast, and my supper shall be the untaken-down spirit.

whisky-head n. U.S. slang one who consumes a great deal of whisky.

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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess > specific drink

whisky-head1944

1944 S. Bellow Dangling Man 179 ‘Took you in it at last, didn't I!’ I exclaimed. ‘You damned old whisky-head.’

1968 P. Oliver Screening Blues 23 Blues about liquor and the ‘whisky-head man’, about prostitution, gambling, vagrancy and intended violence, figure in the work of singers of all generations.

whisky-house n. Obsolete a place where whisky is sold.

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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > house providing other drinks

mead-inn1632

punch-house1661

gin house?1720

gin shop1723

thermopolion1753

whisky-house1767

spirit house1807

1767 Scots Mag. Apr. 222 Grant kept a whisky-house.

1835 R. M. Bird Hawks of Hawk-hollow II. 6 You would have some of the wherewithall smuggled up to this identical old woman's whiskey-house!

whisky insurrection n. U.S. History an outbreak in Pennsylvania in 1794 against an excise duty on spirits imposed by Congress in 1791.

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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] > an insurrection > specific

Jacquerie1523

powder treason1607

powder plot1611

the Fifteena1797

Gunpowder Plot1796

whisky insurrection1824

the Forty-five1832

whisky rebellion1863

Easter Rising1916

intifada1985

1824 Mass. Spy 28 July in R. H. Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) Tinctured with the duelling or whiskey-insurrection mania.

whisky mac n. (also Whisky Mac) whisky and ginger wine mixed in equal proportions; a drink of this.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > whisky cocktail

whisky-skin1856

Manhattan1882

whisky sour1889

highball?1894

Rob Roy1895

Alexander?1910

old-fashioned1912

Scotch mist1947

whisky mac1960

1960 Spectator 14 Oct. 579 It [sc. Stone's Ginger Wine] is a little cloying taken neat, but mixed with an equal quantity of whisky it becomes ‘Whisky Mac’.

1961 L. Payne Nose on my Face iv. 63 I..said I'd have a whiskey mac.

1976 Liverpool Echo 22 Nov. 7/5 A thief stole a £45 cask of whisky mac from an off-licence in Pasture Road, Moreton.

1982 A. Barr & P. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 92/2 You drink beer, whisky macs, cherry brandy, sloe gin—or neat whisky.

whisky money n. Historical the proportion of the beer and spirit duty which was allocated to technical education by the Local Taxation (Customs and Excise) Act of 1890.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > proportion of specific duty assigned

whisky money1911

1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 495/1 If the ‘whisky’ money..were found to be well and carefully expended, no future Chancellor would be able to divert it to any other purpose.

1937 G. A. N. Lowndes Silent Social Revol. ii. 39 Action taken by the Technical Education Committees of the County Councils..to encourage the formation of classes and guarantee them financial support out of the ‘Whiskey Money’.

1973 L. Holcombe Victorian Ladies at Work ii. 30 A portion of the ‘whisky money’, the proceeds from the increased duties on beer and spirits, to be spent on technical education by the county and county borough councils.

whisky-peg n. see peg n.¹ 12.

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1889 A. Conan Doyle Sign of Four xii There he sat..drinking whisky-pegs and smoking cheroots.

whisky-poker n. (see quot.).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > varieties of

vaunt1598

brag1734

draw poker1847

penny ante1855

freeze-out1856

draw1857

straight poker1864

stud poker1864

mistigris1875

highball1878

whisky-poker1878

stud-horse poker1881

stud horse1882

stud1884

showdown poker1892

show poker1895

red dog1919

showdown1927

strip-poker1929

manilla1930

Hold 'Em1964

Texas Hold 'Em1968

pai gow poker1985

1878 J. S. Campion On Frontier (ed. 2) 25 Whisky-poker, a harmless non-gambling game, in which the winner gets a drink and the losers a smell at the cork of the bottle.

whisky priest n. a habitually drunken priest.

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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess > alcoholic or habitual drinker > specifically a priest

whisky priest1939

1939 G. Greene Lawless Roads vi. 161 ‘He was just what we call a whisky priest.’.. He had taken one of his sons to be baptized, but the priest was drunk.

1971 H. C. Rae Marksman i. iii. 19 With cheap striped pyjamas buttoned close around his throat Doyle looked like a whisky priest in a penal settlement.

1977 Times 4 Aug. 10/5 The communist equivalent of one of those Greeneland fables wherein a whisky priest rallies..to strike a blow for the God he no longer believes in.

whisky rebellion n. U.S. History an outbreak in Pennsylvania in 1794 against an excise duty on spirits imposed by Congress in 1791.

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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] > an insurrection > specific

Jacquerie1523

powder treason1607

powder plot1611

the Fifteena1797

Gunpowder Plot1796

whisky insurrection1824

the Forty-five1832

whisky rebellion1863

Easter Rising1916

intifada1985

1863 in Thornton Amer. Gloss. (at cited word) The whisky rebellion of Pennsylvania.

whisky ring n. U.S. History a combination of distillers and revenue officers formed in 1872 to defraud the government of part of the tax on spirits.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > fraudulent organization

long firm1841

whisky ring1884

1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 25 Sept. The candidate of the whisky ring.

whisky-skin n. U.S. slang a drink containing whisky.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > whisky cocktail

whisky-skin1856

Manhattan1882

whisky sour1889

highball?1894

Rob Roy1895

Alexander?1910

old-fashioned1912

Scotch mist1947

whisky mac1960

1856 Yale Lit. Mag. 21 146 Nine whiskey skins, and our spirits rushed together.

1871 J. Hay Little Breeches 24 Says he, ‘Young man, the tribe of Phinns Knows their own whisky-skins!’

1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms Whiskey skin, a concocted drink of whiskey, sugar, crushed ice, and mint.

1891 Sunday Times 22 Feb. 2/3 I heard of the contemplated establishment of a London American club, the scheme of which seemed to comprise unlimited cocktails, whiskey skins, corpse revivers, [etc.].

whisky-soda n. whisky-and-soda. (not in U.K. use).

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] > drinks made with whisky

Yankee1804

Athole brose1818

whisky-and-soda1898

stengah1899

whisky-soda1915

whisky-water1919

1915 H. L. Wilson Ruggles of Red Gap 50 Here, Charley, veesky-soda!

1975 O. Sela Bengali Inheritance xxv. 220 Shaking heads over their whisky-sodas saying, what could you expect.

whisky sour n. originally U.S. a drink of whisky acidulated with the juice of citrus fruit.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > whisky cocktail

whisky-skin1856

Manhattan1882

whisky sour1889

highball?1894

Rob Roy1895

Alexander?1910

old-fashioned1912

Scotch mist1947

whisky mac1960

1889 Cent. Dict. Whisky sour.

1904 R. M. Lovett Richard Gresham 186 Bring a couple o' whiskey sours there, barkeep.

1975 D. Lodge Changing Places iii. 116 The lavish whisky-sours and daiquiris being prepared by the host.

1980 L. Birnbach et al. Official Preppy Handbk. 102/2 Tailgate picnics, whiskey sours in the stadium, and the general complexity of the sport guarantee that nobody knows what is going on.

whisky-straight n. U.S. slang whisky without water.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun]

usquebaugh1581

creature1638

corn-brandy1704

whisky1715

usque1728

spunkiea1796

skreigh1813

the stuff1828

snake poison1842

tanglefoot1860

whisky-straight1864

oil1869

Auld Kirk1884

snake juice1890

screech1902

scat1914

pinch bottle1916

screecham1923

juice1932

malt1967

1864 Congress. Globe 21 Apr. 1876/2 From the impassioned tone of the gentleman from Illinois..one would suppose that he had been investing in whisky straight.

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xv. 148 We will take a whisky-straight.

whisky voice n. a hoarse or alcoholic voice.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > hoarse or husky quality > hoarse or husky voice

gravel voice1947

whisky voice1964

1964 J. C. Catford in D. Abercombie et al. Daniel Jones 32 Simultaneous whisper + voice + creak: one form of ‘beery’ or ‘whisky’ voice.

1978 J. Updike Coup (1979) vii. 294 The women in the souk, with those long red finger-nails and blue hair in bandanas and those cracked whiskey voices.

whisky-water n. = whisky and water at water n. Phrases 3c.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] > drinks made with whisky

Yankee1804

Athole brose1818

whisky-and-soda1898

stengah1899

whisky-soda1915

whisky-water1919

1919 ‘Etienne’ Strange Tales from Fleet 5 ‘Thank you,’ said the Captain, ‘a whisky water, please.’

1978 T. Willis Buckingham Palace Connection i. 7 The ice-machine had broken down and I had to put up with a tepid whisky-water.

Derivatives

whisky v. (transitive) to supply with whisky, to give a drink of whisky to.

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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [verb (transitive)] > supply with specific drink

caudle1649

yill1808

whisky1830

toddyise1836

cocktail1861

wine1862

1830 G. Colman Random Rec. II. v. 139 Post-boys and waggoners water'd their horses, and whisky'd themselves.

1862 B. Taylor At Home & Abroad 2nd Ser. 120 The horses were changed, and the passengers whiskied.

1882 J. A. Lees & W. J. Clutterbuck Three in Norway (1888) ix. 65 We ‘whisky’ every one who turns up at camp.

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单词	whisky
释义	whiskywhiskeyn.¹ Brit. /ˈwɪski/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪski/ Forms: Also 1700s -kie, -kee. Etymology: Short for whiskybae, etc. (Gaelic uisgebeatha lit. ‘water of life’), though this is not actually evidenced so early (but Ramsay has usque for usquebaugh n., in 1728). In modern trade usage, Scotch whisky and Irish whiskey are thus distinguished in spelling; whisky is the usual spelling in Britain and whiskey that in the U.S. A spirituous liquor distilled originally in Ireland and Scotland, and in the British Isles still chiefly, from malted barley (with or without unmalted barley or other cereals), in U.S. chiefly from maize or rye. With a and plural, a drink of whisky.Also in whisky-and-milk, whisky-and-soda, whisky-and-water (often so hyphenated), denoting mixed or diluted drinks. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] usquebaugh1581 creature1638 corn-brandy1704 whisky1715 usque1728 spunkiea1796 skreigh1813 the stuff1828 snake poison1842 tanglefoot1860 whisky-straight1864 oil1869 Auld Kirk1884 snake juice1890 screech1902 scat1914 pinch bottle1916 screecham1923 juice1932 malt1967 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] > drinks made with whisky Yankee1804 Athole brose1818 whisky-and-soda1898 stengah1899 whisky-soda1915 whisky-water1919 1715 in Maidment Bk. Scot. Pasquils (1868) 404 Whiskie shall put our brains in rage. 1746 M. Hughes Plain Narr. Late Rebellion 46 A double Portion of Oatmeal and Whisky. note, Whisky is a hot Malt Spirit. 1753 Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 48 Whiskee—Po!—Give me a Glass of that Rhenish. 1753 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 391/2 In one dram shop only in this town [sc. Dublin], there are 120 gallons of that accursed spirit, whiskey, sold. 1827 Whitehall ii. iii The Major then mixed himself a glass of whiskey and water in equal portions. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 247 He..went home..for his whiskey and water. 1884 G. Moore Mummer's Wife xvi ‘I think I'll have a whisky.’ ‘Scotch or Irish?’ asked the barman. 1894 K. Grahame Pagan Papers 76 Those of us who were left being assembled to drink a parting whisky-and-milk. 1898 G. B. Shaw Mrs. Warren's Profession ii. 177 I could do with a whisky and soda now very well. 1903 Times 31 July 13/6 In less than an hour he sold 22 whiskies. 1924 H. Crane Let. 30 Nov. (1965) 195 As whiskey and soda was served I quickly revived. 1979 G. St. Aubyn Edward VII vii. 316 Offering him a whisky-and-soda and a cigar. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. whisky bottle n. ΚΠ 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase II. lvi. 242 He abstained..from his whiskey bottle. 1981 M. Hatfield Spy Fever i. vi. 53 The whisky bottle was still in play, though its contents..had not shrunk catastrophically. whisky-can n. ΚΠ 1845 E. Cook Poems 2nd Ser. 12 Jolly mates, a whiskey-can, and trusty nets for me! whisky-cocktail n. ΚΠ 1862 J. Thomas How to mix Drinks Contents Whiskey Cobbler, Cocktail. whisky decanter n. ΚΠ 1931 M. Allingham Police at Funeral xi. 151 He..shot a hopeless glance at the whisky decanter. 1976 E. Ward Hanged Man xxi. 129 Galbraith placed the whisky decanter within reach. whisky-drinker n. ΚΠ 1771 J. Wesley Jrnl. 18 June (1827) III. 424 The house..was filled with whisky drinkers. 1905 H. D. Rolleston Dis. Liver 178 Hobnailed, Gin, or Whiskey-drinker's liver. whisky-drinking n. and adj. ΚΠ 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi lviii. 571 Whiskey-drinking, breakdown-dancing rapscallions. 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxi. 184 There was considerable whiskey drinking going on. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 34 The row was the outcome of whiskey drinking. whisky-gill n. ΚΠ 1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xix, in Poems 50 Be't whisky-gill or penny-wheep, Or ony stronger potion. whisky glass n. ΚΠ 1940 R. Chandler Farewell, my Lovely xiii. 82 She wore a hat with a crown the size of a whisky glass. whisky-punch n. ΚΠ 1786 R. Burns Poems 27 A glass o' Whisky-punch. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. iv. 36 His..utterance began to fail him, over his sixth tumbler of whiskey-punch. whisky-shop n. ΚΠ 1804 M. Lewis Jrnl. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1986) II. 179 Such as have made hunting..a pretext to cover their design of visiting a neighbouring whiskey shop. 1868 A. K. H. Boyd Lessons Middle Age 29 The sight of a whisky-shop or a gin-palace is to such an overwhelming temptation. whisky-still n. ΚΠ 1786 R. Burns Poems 28 Thae curst horse-leeches o' th' Excise, Wha mak the Whisky Stells their prize! whisky-toddy n. ΚΠ 1812 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 59 I sat down with some whisky toddy. b. whisky-gold adj. ΚΠ 1918 E. Sitwell Clowns' Houses 15 The sunlight pours all whisky-gold. whisky-soaked adj. ΚΠ a1910 ‘M. Twain’ Autobiography (1924) I. 209 Some old whisky-soaked, profane..infidel of a tramp captain. 1978 R. Ludlum Holcroft Covenant xiii. 153 Ellis made arrangements for the whiskey-soaked clothes to be picked up by the cleaners and returned by mid afternoon. whisky-sodden adj. ΚΠ 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi lvi. 548 A harmless whiskey-sodden tramp. 1891 E. Kinglake Austral. at Home 102 You whisky-sodden old miscreant. C2. whisky-brose n. see brose n. b. ΚΠ 1822 A. Cunningham Trad. Tales I. 307 Whiskey-brose shall be my breakfast, and my supper shall be the untaken-down spirit. whisky-head n. U.S. slang one who consumes a great deal of whisky. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess > specific drink whisky-head1944 1944 S. Bellow Dangling Man 179 ‘Took you in it at last, didn't I!’ I exclaimed. ‘You damned old whisky-head.’ 1968 P. Oliver Screening Blues 23 Blues about liquor and the ‘whisky-head man’, about prostitution, gambling, vagrancy and intended violence, figure in the work of singers of all generations. whisky-house n. Obsolete a place where whisky is sold. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > house providing other drinks mead-inn1632 punch-house1661 gin house?1720 gin shop1723 thermopolion1753 whisky-house1767 spirit house1807 1767 Scots Mag. Apr. 222 Grant kept a whisky-house. 1835 R. M. Bird Hawks of Hawk-hollow II. 6 You would have some of the wherewithall smuggled up to this identical old woman's whiskey-house! whisky insurrection n. U.S. History an outbreak in Pennsylvania in 1794 against an excise duty on spirits imposed by Congress in 1791. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] > an insurrection > specific Jacquerie1523 powder treason1607 powder plot1611 the Fifteena1797 Gunpowder Plot1796 whisky insurrection1824 the Forty-five1832 whisky rebellion1863 Easter Rising1916 intifada1985 1824 Mass. Spy 28 July in R. H. Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) Tinctured with the duelling or whiskey-insurrection mania. whisky mac n. (also Whisky Mac) whisky and ginger wine mixed in equal proportions; a drink of this. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > whisky cocktail whisky-skin1856 Manhattan1882 whisky sour1889 highball?1894 Rob Roy1895 Alexander?1910 old-fashioned1912 Scotch mist1947 whisky mac1960 1960 Spectator 14 Oct. 579 It [sc. Stone's Ginger Wine] is a little cloying taken neat, but mixed with an equal quantity of whisky it becomes ‘Whisky Mac’. 1961 L. Payne Nose on my Face iv. 63 I..said I'd have a whiskey mac. 1976 Liverpool Echo 22 Nov. 7/5 A thief stole a £45 cask of whisky mac from an off-licence in Pasture Road, Moreton. 1982 A. Barr & P. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 92/2 You drink beer, whisky macs, cherry brandy, sloe gin—or neat whisky. whisky money n. Historical the proportion of the beer and spirit duty which was allocated to technical education by the Local Taxation (Customs and Excise) Act of 1890. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > proportion of specific duty assigned whisky money1911 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 495/1 If the ‘whisky’ money..were found to be well and carefully expended, no future Chancellor would be able to divert it to any other purpose. 1937 G. A. N. Lowndes Silent Social Revol. ii. 39 Action taken by the Technical Education Committees of the County Councils..to encourage the formation of classes and guarantee them financial support out of the ‘Whiskey Money’. 1973 L. Holcombe Victorian Ladies at Work ii. 30 A portion of the ‘whisky money’, the proceeds from the increased duties on beer and spirits, to be spent on technical education by the county and county borough councils. whisky-peg n. see peg n.¹ 12. ΚΠ 1889 A. Conan Doyle Sign of Four xii There he sat..drinking whisky-pegs and smoking cheroots. whisky-poker n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > varieties of vaunt1598 brag1734 draw poker1847 penny ante1855 freeze-out1856 draw1857 straight poker1864 stud poker1864 mistigris1875 highball1878 whisky-poker1878 stud-horse poker1881 stud horse1882 stud1884 showdown poker1892 show poker1895 red dog1919 showdown1927 strip-poker1929 manilla1930 Hold 'Em1964 Texas Hold 'Em1968 pai gow poker1985 1878 J. S. Campion On Frontier (ed. 2) 25 Whisky-poker, a harmless non-gambling game, in which the winner gets a drink and the losers a smell at the cork of the bottle. whisky priest n. a habitually drunken priest. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess > alcoholic or habitual drinker > specifically a priest whisky priest1939 1939 G. Greene Lawless Roads vi. 161 ‘He was just what we call a whisky priest.’.. He had taken one of his sons to be baptized, but the priest was drunk. 1971 H. C. Rae Marksman i. iii. 19 With cheap striped pyjamas buttoned close around his throat Doyle looked like a whisky priest in a penal settlement. 1977 Times 4 Aug. 10/5 The communist equivalent of one of those Greeneland fables wherein a whisky priest rallies..to strike a blow for the God he no longer believes in. whisky rebellion n. U.S. History an outbreak in Pennsylvania in 1794 against an excise duty on spirits imposed by Congress in 1791. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] > an insurrection > specific Jacquerie1523 powder treason1607 powder plot1611 the Fifteena1797 Gunpowder Plot1796 whisky insurrection1824 the Forty-five1832 whisky rebellion1863 Easter Rising1916 intifada1985 1863 in Thornton Amer. Gloss. (at cited word) The whisky rebellion of Pennsylvania. whisky ring n. U.S. History a combination of distillers and revenue officers formed in 1872 to defraud the government of part of the tax on spirits. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > fraudulent organization long firm1841 whisky ring1884 1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 25 Sept. The candidate of the whisky ring. whisky-skin n. U.S. slang a drink containing whisky. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > whisky cocktail whisky-skin1856 Manhattan1882 whisky sour1889 highball?1894 Rob Roy1895 Alexander?1910 old-fashioned1912 Scotch mist1947 whisky mac1960 1856 Yale Lit. Mag. 21 146 Nine whiskey skins, and our spirits rushed together. 1871 J. Hay Little Breeches 24 Says he, ‘Young man, the tribe of Phinns Knows their own whisky-skins!’ 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms Whiskey skin, a concocted drink of whiskey, sugar, crushed ice, and mint. 1891 Sunday Times 22 Feb. 2/3 I heard of the contemplated establishment of a London American club, the scheme of which seemed to comprise unlimited cocktails, whiskey skins, corpse revivers, [etc.]. whisky-soda n. whisky-and-soda. (not in U.K. use). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] > drinks made with whisky Yankee1804 Athole brose1818 whisky-and-soda1898 stengah1899 whisky-soda1915 whisky-water1919 1915 H. L. Wilson Ruggles of Red Gap 50 Here, Charley, veesky-soda! 1975 O. Sela Bengali Inheritance xxv. 220 Shaking heads over their whisky-sodas saying, what could you expect. whisky sour n. originally U.S. a drink of whisky acidulated with the juice of citrus fruit. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > whisky cocktail whisky-skin1856 Manhattan1882 whisky sour1889 highball?1894 Rob Roy1895 Alexander?1910 old-fashioned1912 Scotch mist1947 whisky mac1960 1889 Cent. Dict. Whisky sour. 1904 R. M. Lovett Richard Gresham 186 Bring a couple o' whiskey sours there, barkeep. 1975 D. Lodge Changing Places iii. 116 The lavish whisky-sours and daiquiris being prepared by the host. 1980 L. Birnbach et al. Official Preppy Handbk. 102/2 Tailgate picnics, whiskey sours in the stadium, and the general complexity of the sport guarantee that nobody knows what is going on. whisky-straight n. U.S. slang whisky without water. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] usquebaugh1581 creature1638 corn-brandy1704 whisky1715 usque1728 spunkiea1796 skreigh1813 the stuff1828 snake poison1842 tanglefoot1860 whisky-straight1864 oil1869 Auld Kirk1884 snake juice1890 screech1902 scat1914 pinch bottle1916 screecham1923 juice1932 malt1967 1864 Congress. Globe 21 Apr. 1876/2 From the impassioned tone of the gentleman from Illinois..one would suppose that he had been investing in whisky straight. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xv. 148 We will take a whisky-straight. whisky voice n. a hoarse or alcoholic voice. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > hoarse or husky quality > hoarse or husky voice gravel voice1947 whisky voice1964 1964 J. C. Catford in D. Abercombie et al. Daniel Jones 32 Simultaneous whisper + voice + creak: one form of ‘beery’ or ‘whisky’ voice. 1978 J. Updike Coup (1979) vii. 294 The women in the souk, with those long red finger-nails and blue hair in bandanas and those cracked whiskey voices. whisky-water n. = whisky and water at water n. Phrases 3c. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] > drinks made with whisky Yankee1804 Athole brose1818 whisky-and-soda1898 stengah1899 whisky-soda1915 whisky-water1919 1919 ‘Etienne’ Strange Tales from Fleet 5 ‘Thank you,’ said the Captain, ‘a whisky water, please.’ 1978 T. Willis Buckingham Palace Connection i. 7 The ice-machine had broken down and I had to put up with a tepid whisky-water. Derivatives whisky v. (transitive) to supply with whisky, to give a drink of whisky to. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [verb (transitive)] > supply with specific drink caudle1649 yill1808 whisky1830 toddyise1836 cocktail1861 wine1862 1830 G. Colman Random Rec. II. v. 139 Post-boys and waggoners water'd their horses, and whisky'd themselves. 1862 B. Taylor At Home & Abroad 2nd Ser. 120 The horses were changed, and the passengers whiskied. 1882 J. A. Lees & W. J. Clutterbuck Three in Norway (1888) ix. 65 We ‘whisky’ every one who turns up at camp. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). whiskywhiskeyn.² Brit. /ˈwɪski/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪski/ Etymology: apparently < whisk v. + -y suffix¹, from its swift movement. A kind of light two-wheeled one-horse carriage, used in England and America in the late 18th and early 19th cent. Also called timwhisky n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > light carriage > two-wheeled timwhisky1768 whisky1769 gig1791 rib chair1795 shandry1802 trap1807 tilbury1814 dennet1818 chaise-cart1821 spring-cart1823 go-cart1824 jockey-cart1840 guinguette1852 Catherine1861 croydon1880 stolkjaerre1885 Ralli car1886 1769 Lloyd's Evening Post 3–5 July 15 As a Gentleman was returning to Battersea, in his whisky, his horse took fright, and ran away. 1784 E. Carter Let. 30 July in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) II. 421 Travelling over hill and dale in a whisky. 1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. 75 The gig from the whiskey also differs materially, the whiskey being constructed on the most simple plan, with the body united to the carriage. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. i. 6 It was a two-wheeled vehicle, which..aspired only to the humble name of that almost forgotten accommodation, a whiskey. 1837 W. B. Adams Eng. Pleasure Carriages 245 The old One-horse Chaise, or Whiskey, was as heavy as the modern Cabriolet, without its grace of form. 1844 T. Webster & F. Parkes Encycl. Domest. Econ. §6672 A whiskey or chair is a small chair, not hung by braces, but placed on the shafts, having springs of some kind interposed between them and the axles... It is made low, and very light. 1879 L. Potter Lancs. Mem. 139 [She] but rarely went out of her own grounds except to church, in a machine which ninety years ago was called a ‘whiskey’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). whiskyadj. Brit. /ˈwɪski/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪski/ Etymology: < whisk v. + -y suffix¹: compare whisky n.² rare. Light and lively, flighty. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adjective] gamingOE playfulc1225 gamefulc1275 gamelya1350 gamesomea1375 playable?c1475 frisky?a1500 sporting1549 sportful1577 toyish1577 toyful1580 sportive1593 gambol1600 sportly1600 sporting1607 playsome1612 jiggish1635 toysome1638 ludible1656 ludibund1668 good-humoured1682 flippant1711 lusory1711 gamp1737 kittenish1753 sportable1767 disportive1773 whisky1782 playward1878 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > moving lightly and quickly winged1616 volant1650 airy1664 whisky1782 tripping1807 tripsome1890 1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. vi. 123 Talking in such a whisky frisky manner that nobody can understand him. Compounds whisky-bobby n. angler's name for some kind of artificial bait. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > artificial bait minnow1655 grasshopper1676 kill-devil1833 artificial1847 spoon1857 phantom minnow1867 spoon-baitc1878 bone-squid1883 phantom1883 spoon-hook1888 whisky-bobby1904 wagtail1906 1904 F. Whishaw Lovers at Fault vi Flies, minnows or whisky-bobbies might be used. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1715n.²1769adj.1782
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