Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In German universities, to drink and be convivial at a ‘kneipe,’ according to the German ‘beer-code.’
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Examples
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The "kneip" seems to be a specialty of theirs, too.
A Tramp Abroad 1879
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I do not know which it was, but I quite clearly remember the effect which my act produced — to wit, the Emperor refrained from addressing any remarks to me afterward, and not merely during the brief remainder of the dinner, but afterward in the kneip-room, where beer and cigars and hilarious anecdoting prevailed until about midnight.
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Emperor refrained from addressing any remarks to me afterward, and not merely during the brief remainder of the dinner, but afterward in the kneip-room, where beer and cigars and hilarious anecdoting prevailed until about midnight.
Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume II, Part 2: 1886-1900 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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Emperor refrained from addressing any remarks to me afterward, and not merely during the brief remainder of the dinner, but afterward in the kneip-room, where beer and cigars and hilarious anecdoting prevailed until about midnight.
Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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During the following semester he was for months a daily table-companion of mine at the Bremer-Eck, where a small circle of students -- _quorum pars fui_ -- met every evening to sup and _kneip_, or to drink beer and smoke and sing until eleven.
Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863
qms commented on the word kneip
In towns where young students are found
Will sessions of talk and drink abound,
Long nights of a type
The Germans call kneip
That memory will color profound.
August 14, 2014