blackthorn bush
1I'd eat a farmer's arse through a blackthorn bush! — Everyday English Slang in Ireland phr I m hungry …
2blackthorn — UK [ˈblækˌθɔː(r)n] / US [ˈblækˌθɔrn] noun [countable] Word forms blackthorn : singular blackthorn plural blackthorns a European bush with white flowers and a dark fruit called a sloe …
3blackthorn — black|thorn [ˈblækθo:n US θo:rn] n a European bush that has small white flowers …
4blackthorn — black|thorn [ blæk,θɔrn ] noun count a European bush with white flowers and a dark fruit called a sloe …
5blackthorn — noun (C) a European bush that has small white flowers …
6Sloe gin — is a red coloured liqueur flavoured with sloe berries, the fruit of the blackthorn, a relative of the plum. Sloe gin has an alcohol content between 15 to 30 percent by volume (30 60 proof).The traditional way of making sloe gin is to infuse gin… …
7scrog — scroggy, adj. /skrog/, n. Scot. and North Eng. 1. any naturally short or stunted tree or bush, as a crab apple tree or blackthorn bush. 2. scrogs, underbrush; brushwood. [1350 1400; ME skrogg; prob. akin to SCRAG] * * * …
8Coca — For other uses, see Coca (disambiguation). Coca Erythroxylum coca Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …
9liqueur — /li kerr / or, esp. Brit., / kyoor /; Fr. /lee kuerdd /, n. any of a class of alcoholic liquors, usually strong, sweet, and highly flavored, as Chartreuse or curaçao, generally served after dinner; cordial. [1735 45; < F; see LIQUOR] * * * Liquor …
10AIZMAN, DAVID YAKOLEVICH — (1869–1922), Russian writer. He studied painting in Odessa and Paris, but in his early thirties turned to literature. Aizman wrote a great deal about the Jewish poor, in a style reminiscent of Maxim gorki . In such short stories as Ob odnom… …
