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| + | **Joseph Addison’s ''The Spectator'', number 94, refers to a story from a 1708 volume entitled ''Turkish Tales'' about a sultan who plunges his head in a tub of water and pulls it out to find himself in a strange land where he is forced to earn his living and start a new life. A part of the story appears in Dickens’ ''Hard Times'', Book II, chapter 1. | ||
*'''Bathtub gin:''' illegally distilled home brew popular during prohibition; in connection to the previous reference to yeast and later to evaporation and Guinness. | *'''Bathtub gin:''' illegally distilled home brew popular during prohibition; in connection to the previous reference to yeast and later to evaporation and Guinness. | ||
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| + | * '''toe in a tub:''' test the temperature of the water by first sticking in one's toe | ||
[[Category:Jonathan Swift]] | [[Category:Jonathan Swift]] | ||
[[Category:Alcohol]] | [[Category:Alcohol]] | ||
[[Category:French phrases]] | [[Category:French phrases]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:40, 1 July 2020
- A Tale of a Tub: an allegorical work by Jonathan Swift satirizing religious extremism
- tête: (French) head
- Joseph Addison’s The Spectator, number 94, refers to a story from a 1708 volume entitled Turkish Tales about a sultan who plunges his head in a tub of water and pulls it out to find himself in a strange land where he is forced to earn his living and start a new life. A part of the story appears in Dickens’ Hard Times, Book II, chapter 1.
- Bathtub gin: illegally distilled home brew popular during prohibition; in connection to the previous reference to yeast and later to evaporation and Guinness.
- toe in a tub: test the temperature of the water by first sticking in one's toe
