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John Barleycorn

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Barleycorn \Bar"ley*corn`\, n. [See {Corn}.]
   1. A grain or ``corn'' of barley.

   2. Formerly, a measure of length, equal to the average length
      of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.

   {John Barleycorn}, a humorous personification of barley as
      the source of malt liquor or whisky.

资料来源 : WordNet®

John Barleycorn
     n : distilled rather than fermented [syn: {liquor}, {spirits}, {booze},
          {hard drink}, {hard liquor}, {strong drink}]
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