alms-drink —
“They have made him drink,”
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, ii. 7.
5.
“A phrase, amongst good fellows, to signify that liquor of another's
share which his companion drinks to ease him”
(WARBURTON)
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A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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