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merry-go-down en · NOUN
Meanings
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(obsolete, slang, uncountable) strong ale
In Ruſcia, there are no preſents but of meate or drinke; I preſent you vvith meate, and you in honourable courteſie to requite mee, can do no leſſe then preſent mee vvith the beſt mornings draught of merry-go-downe in your quarters, […]
1599, [Thomas] Nashe, “[The Epistle Dedicatorie]”, in Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC: