| 单词 | white mule |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite mule white mule n. [compare mule n.1 3c] U.S. slang a potent colourless alcoholic drink; spec. illicitly distilled whisky.Earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] > illicit whisky poteen1809 mountain dew1816 poteen whiskey1816 white whisky1822 pine-top1858 white mule1880 wild-cat whisky1881 brush whisky1885 wild cat1887 white lightning1907 1880 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 27 May W. S. Ingram, saloon and whiskies, was found by revenue officer Purnell to-day with a barrel of white-mule corn whisky, and no stamp on same. 1889 H. H. McConnell Five Years Cavalryman 60 About this time I first became acquainted with a..drink known as ‘pine-top’ or ‘white-mule’ whiskey. 1928 Collier's 29 Dec. 8/1 What do you think about a bunch of boys and girls..stealin' a keg of white mule from a dealer? 1929 Amer. Speech 4 440 Some names for intoxicants of various grades and potencies are:..white mule. 1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories 156 Gets himself a whole gallon of bust-skull white-mule whisky. 1973 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 23 Feb. 37/8 At other times..the stuff would..lash out with its hind hooves at the little old wine-maker like the white mule once so respected in the Ozarks. 2006 Chesapeake Life Feb. 106/3 Sterling was a duck hunter who had a shanty on Cedar Island, where he also made white mule. < as lemmas |
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