“punch、house”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

punch-house

释义

ˈpunch-house
[f. punch n.³: cf. ale-house.]
A tavern where punch is supplied; esp. in India, an inn or tavern frequented by sailors.
1671–2in Wheeler Madras in Old Time (1861) III. 423 It is..enorderd and declared hereby that no Victullar, Punch-house or other house of Entertainment shall be permitted to make stoppage at the pay day of their wages.1697Ibid. I. xiv. 320 Having in a Punch house upon a quarrel of words drawn his sword.1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. I. xxiv. 298 The English have Punch-houses, where the European Soldiers make Oblations to Bacchus.a1805A. Carlyle Autobiog. (1861) 307 A company of seven or eight, all clergymen, supped at a punch-house in the Bow, kept by an old servant of his.1859J. W. Palmer New & Old 264 (Cassell's), Sailors, British and American, Malay and Lascar, [belong] to Flag Street, the quarter of punch-houses.

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