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单词 scrumpy
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Definition of scrumpy in English:

scrumpy

noun ˈskrʌmpi
mass nounBritish
  • Rough strong cider, especially as made in the West Country of England.

    〈英〉(尤指英格兰西南部诸郡产的)烈性苹果酒

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I risked a pint of Old Rosie, scrumpy cider twice the strength of normal beer!
    • Before that night we had found a particularly good batch of scrumpy, and when we collided, literally, on the outskirts of town, we immediately started laughing.
    • They are shy, mostly, though you'd not think so on a scrumpy [rough apple cider] night when things can get rather lively and rumbustious.
    • We drank scrumpy and fell over a lot; which I suppose was a silly way to spend my paper-round money.
    • Yes, some even crawl the last mile to the shrine, for they have supped at the cup of scrumpy and yea it maketh them fall down and cry out in tongues.
    • You might land in Alloa just as the Real Ale Festival kicks off and be faced with over 40 real ales plus scrumpy and wine, the perfect antidote to a hard day's walking.
    • Therefore an ideal time to drink gut-rot scrumpy from plastic glasses at 2.80 a pint.
    • Step into the fairy ring (which grows under apple trees) and you'll come to 20 years later, after a life wasted on scrumpy.
    • Our other favourite drink in the forces was scrumpy mixed with Babycham.
    • No longer, do the grey legions of workers spend their precious leisure time walking the chalky downs, or being Mr Polly and bicycling the byways for refreshing half-pints of scrumpy.
    • And I did exactly what any teenager would do after several pints of yokel-strength scrumpy and half a bottle of Russian paint-stripper.

Origin

Early 20th century: from dialect scrump 'withered apple'.

Rhymes

bumpy, clumpy, dumpy, frumpy, grumpy, humpy, jumpy, lumpy, plumpy, rumpy-pumpy, stumpy
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