Difference between revisions of "Tete in a tub"

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*'''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
  
 
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Revision as of 08:06, 1 June 2019

  • A Tale of a Tub: an allegorical work by Jonathan Swift satirizing religious extremism
  • tête: (French) head
  • 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