shove in the mouth en · NOUN
Meanings
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(UK, obsolete, slang) A glass of spirits drunk quickly in one go.
Then he's the most comfortable ghost I ever heard of; for Theodore and I saw him not a week ago taking a shove in the mouth at old Mother Murly's in St. Martin's Lane, with two or three underlings of the gallery about him […]
Noctes Ambrosianae (volume 3, page 334)
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shoves in the mouth | Number=Plur | lexicographic |