table drink
English
Noun
table drink (plural table drinks)Category:English lemmas#TABLEDRINKCategory:English nouns#TABLEDRINKCategory:English countable nouns#TABLEDRINKCategory:English multiword terms#TABLEDRINKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#TABLEDRINKCategory:Pages with entries#TABLE%20DRINKCategory:Pages with 1 entry#TABLE%20DRINK
- (uncommonCategory:English terms with uncommon senses#TABLEDRINK) Any type of inexpensive beverage that is consumed during a meal.
- 1662, Henry Stubbe, The Indian Nectar, Or a Discourse Concerning Chocolata: Wherein the Nature of the Cacaonut is Examined: The Ways of Compounding and Preparing Chocolata are Enquired Into Together with a Spagyrical Analysis of the Cacao-nut, Performed by Monsieur Le Bebure, page 115:
- Some there are, who have taken it uſually, inſtead of Wine [which is their table-drink in Spain] at Diner, and SupperCategory:English terms with quotations#TABLEDRINK
- 1817, Lady Morgan (Sydney), Sir Thomas Charles Morgan, France, Volume 1, page 65:
- The thin light vin du pays is the table-drink of the poorest peasantry.Category:English terms with quotations#TABLEDRINK
- 1917, Forrest Crissey, The Story of Foods, page 402:
- One of the most delicious of all table drinks, cocoa - a favorite with children in every part of the world, especially in Europe has a history that reaches back to the Spanish conquest of Mexico and contains many dark and forbidding chapters.Category:English terms with quotations#TABLEDRINK
- 1984, European Parliament (publisher), Working Documents, numbers 1-99, page 22:
- not only are they alcoholic drinks obtained by fermentation but they have the same uses (table drinks and thirst-quenching drinks).Category:English terms with quotations#TABLEDRINK
- 1994, Waterloo Region Record:
- A low rate of arterial sclerosis among the people of southern France, where red rather than white wine is the preferred table drink.Category:English terms with quotations#TABLEDRINK
- 1998, Dmitry Karbyshev, “The Perfect Vodka Appetizer”, in Russian Life, volume 41, page 44:
- As William Pokhlyobkin, Russia's renowned expert on food history noted: "attempts to mix vodka with improper dishes are dangerous, as these attempts may ensue in vodka being discredited as a gastronomically essential table drink ...Category:English terms with quotations#TABLEDRINK
- 2002, Swarajya Prakash Gupta, Krishna Lal, Mahua Bhattacharyya, Cultural Tourism in India, Museums, Monuments & Arts: Theory and Practice, page 344:
- The above, however, does not include any air fares, and expenses of personal nature, like table drinks, tips, laundry, etc.Category:English terms with quotations#TABLEDRINK
- (uncommonCategory:English terms with uncommon senses#TABLEDRINK) Any type of drink that is associated with bottle service.