drinking companion
71Tsvygun, Semyon Konstantinovich — (1917–1982) A career KGB officer who rose to first deputy chief of the service because of his family connections to Leonid Brezhnev, Tsvygun was an important member of Brezhnev’s “Dneprepropetrovsk mafia.” Tsvygun served in Moldavia with… …
72drink someone under the table — informal consume as much alcohol as one s drinking companion without becoming as drunk. → drink …
73Jimmy Woodser — /dʒɪmi ˈwʊdzə/ (say jimee woodzuh) noun Colloquial 1. someone who drinks alone in a bar. 2. an alcoholic drink consumed alone. {from the name of a fictitious drinking companion Jimmy Woods} …
74friendlily — is available as an adverb from friendly but because of its awkwardness it is rarely used: • The women…still addressed him friendlily William Trevor, 1980 • The nuisance on the train still friendlily smiles, but he s looking for more than a chat… …
75symposium — [18] A symposium is etymologically a ‘get together for a drink’. The word comes via Latin symposium from Greek sumpósion, a derivative of sumpótēs ‘drinking companion’. This was a compound noun formed from the prefix sun ‘together’ and the base… …
76geek — This is probably the word which Shakespeare used as ‘geck’, meaning a fool. By the nineteenth century, in English dialect usage, it had taken on the variant forms: geek, gowk, gawk, etc. In American slang, where the word survives in modern… …
77lad — n. 1 a a boy or youth. b a young son. 2 (esp. in pl.) colloq. a man; a fellow, esp. a workmate, drinking companion, etc. (he s one of the lads). 3 colloq. a high spirited fellow; a rogue (he s a bit of a lad). 4 Brit. a stable worker (regardless… …
78cupmate — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : drinking companion …
79good fellow — noun 1. a. archaic : a drinking companion : roisterer, reveler b. : a jovial agreeable person typically radiating good humor and heartiness seeking to be good fellows at all costs C.W.Ferguson …
80auf Ihre Gesundheit — /owf ēˈrə/ (said to a drinking companion) here s to your health • • • Main Entry: ↑Gesundheit …
