Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Money given to buy liquor to drink; hence, a fee or gratuity.
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Examples
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There was paying of bills and shaking of hands, and saddling of horses, and harnessing of carriages, and distributing of drink-money.
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Before we quitted the ship, we were obliged to gratify the cabin-boy for his attendance, and to give drink-money to the sailors.
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Rudin crept out of the cart, paid the peasant (who did not bow to him, and kept shaking the coins in the palm of his hand a long while — evidently there was too little drink-money) and himself carried the portmanteau into the posting-station.
Rudin 2003
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With a trifle besides for drink-money, -- for that every
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 Various
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If you can't help me to the money, I must try -- but where, how can I hope to raise eight francs, (for it is four hours by this time, to say nothing of the drink-money!) -- how can I ever hope to raise that sum in Paris? '
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 Various
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Yes, there was a train at about that time, my driver somewhat sullenly informed me, -- for he was fast losing his cheerfulness: perhaps it was his supper-time, or perhaps he was in a hurry for his drink-money.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 Various
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"Very well," said I; "here's your drink-money; now tell me the trick of it, for trick I suppose it is."
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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It is delivered to the farmer's wife, who unties it and gives drink-money in return.
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It is delivered to the farmers wife, who unties it and gives drink-money in return.
Chapter 45. The Corn-Mother and the Corn-Maiden in Northern Europe 1922
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It isn't the dollar for our personal services that counts; it is the drink-money.
Madeleine: An Autobiography Madeleine 1919
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