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Definition of Drink down
1. Verb. Drink down entirely. "They popped a few beer after work"
Generic synonyms: Drink, Imbibe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drink Down
Literary usage of Drink down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"I pray that, if there be " Any just gods of power, thou mayest drink down "Death
on the raid-sea rocks, and often call " With dying gasps on Dido's name ..."
2. The Cyclopædia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin, with an Appendix ...by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward (1882)
"./49 d. out of his leathern bottle*.с 67 ehall drink my blood as g 86 drink down
to your peg ./98 I d. no more than a sponge... д 98 for drink, ..."
3. Bacchus Dethroned: Prize Essay by Frederick Powell (1878)
"... seeking whom he may drink down." Says Dr. A. Clarke:—"It is not every one that
he can swallow down. Those who are sober and vigilant are proof against ..."
4. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1859)
"O'er hills and nigh mountain» Then here '» to thee, my boy boon, And here 's to
thee my boy boon ; As we've tarried аи day So we'll tarry and drink down the ..."
5. A Collection of Farces and Other Afterpieces: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald (1809)
"Then here's to thee, my boy boon, And here's to thee, my boy boon; As we've
tarry'd all day, For to drink down the sun, So we'll tarry and drink down the ..."