merry-go-down

English

merry-go-down (uncountable)

(obsolete, slang) strong ale
- 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, “[The Epistle Dedicatorie]”, in Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC:
  In Ruſcia, there are no preſents but of meate or drinke; I preſent you with meate, and you in honourable courteſie to requite mee, can do no leſſe then preſent mee with the beſt mornings draught of merry-go-downe in your quarters, […]

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