squeeze-grape
squeeze-grape noun: a drunkard.
Noun
squeeze-grape (plural squeeze-grapes)
- A drunkard.
- He was a notable squeeze-grape, a huge quaffer, his glasse should bee alway brim-full, and he would vp with it de profundis; his vsuall draught was a large pint & a halfe: and hauing drunke liberally before he came to the rack, think∣ing that would haue made him lesse sensible of his paine, he...1623, Mabbe, James, transl., The Rogue: or The Life of Guzman de Alfarache, translation of Guzmán de Alfarache by Mateo Alemán, page 33
Synonyms of squeeze-grape
Forms of squeeze-grape
| plural | squeeze-grapes |
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Origin of squeeze-grape
From squeeze + grape.
Questions about squeeze-grape
- What does squeeze-grape mean?
- Squeeze-grape means a drunkard.
- What part of speech is squeeze-grape?
- Squeeze-grape is a noun.
- What is the plural of squeeze-grape?
- The plural of squeeze-grape is squeeze-grapes.
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