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A parting drink taken after mounting one's horse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Examples
- 1819, Walter Scott, The Bride of Lammermoor, Tales of My Landlord, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, Volume 2, Chapter 4, pp. 85-86, [...] after the Lord Keeper, the Master, and the domestics, had drunk doch-an-dorroch, or the stirrup-cup, in the liquors adapted to their various ranks, the cavalcade resumed its progress.
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A drink taken before leaving or parting company with someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Synonyms: one for the road
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A cup from which such a drink is taken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a farewell drink (especially one offered to a horseman ready to depart); usually alcoholic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: drink
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Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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French:
coup de l’étrier
— (historical) parting drink taken after mounting one's horse
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Irish:
deoch an dorais
— (historical) parting drink taken after mounting one's horse
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Korean:
등자컵
(deungjakeob)
— (historical) parting drink taken after mounting one's horse
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Korean:
작별의 술잔
(jagbyeol-ui suljan)
— (historical) parting drink taken after mounting one's horse
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Polish:
strzemienny
— (historical) parting drink taken after mounting one's horse
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Scottish Gaelic:
deoch an dorais
— (historical) parting drink taken after mounting one's horse
