taplash
English
Alternative forms
tap-lash
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æʃ
Noun
taplash (uncountable)
- (obsolete, UK) Small beer of bad quality.
- (obsolete, UK) The refuse or dregs of liquor.
- 1622, John Taylor, The Water-Cormorant:
- Fac'd with the tap-lash of strong Ale and Wine
References
- OED citations
- “taplash”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.