Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Poor or stale malt liquor, the refuse of the tap.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Obs. or Prov. Eng. Bad small beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete, UK, dialect
small beer of bad quality - noun obsolete, UK, dialect the
refuse ordregs ofliquor
Etymologies
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tap + lash?
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Examples
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Shebeen properly means weak, small — beer, taplash.
Castle Rackrent 2006
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– Shebean properly means weak small-beer, taplash.
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Shebeen properly means weak, small-beer, taplash.], where they very civilly let him have it upon credit.
Castle Rackrent Maria Edgeworth 1808
bilby commented on the word taplash
"Thick and bad beer."
- Francis Grose, 'The Vulgar Tongue'.
September 11, 2008