common sewer

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A communal session of drinking alcohol. UK,archaic,slang
    — When men go into a 'sluicery' for a 'sensation,' a 'drain,' or a 'common sewer,' they call the glass of gin they seek, in allusion to the juniper, a 'nipper,' or, more briefly, a 'nip,' occasionally a 'bite,' and not unfrequently it turns out a 'flogger.'

词形变化

common sewers plural

词源

A punning allusion to shared drains for sewage. Compare drain (“a drink”).
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary