10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BREW-UP»
Discover the use of
brew-up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
brew-up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
FUBAR: Soldier Slang of World War II
For the Tommy soldier, tea or "brew up" was a far more practical matter, and
involved no fine china cups and doilies. At every opportunity, during rest halts,
lulls in fighting, or in a bivouac or camp, tea was brewed with a heavy helping of
sugar ...
2
Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
4 (also brew up) intr to get stronger and threaten D There's a storm brewing. 5 (
especially brew up) to plan or prepare something D brew up trouble. e» noun 1 a
drink produced by brewing, especially tea or beer. 2 an amount, especially an ...
3
Mountain
Brew: A Guide to Colorado's Breweries
“But in the tasting room, we can brew up something funky in twenty barrels.”
Selvy was trading stocks and homebrewing in San Francisco when Anchor
Brewing executives tasted one of his beers and gave him ajob in the company's
winery.
4
FUBAR F***ed
Up Beyond All Recognition: Soldier Slang of ...
Itdid make a nervejangling roar,however. brass Officers, derived from their
insignia. brassedup/off Discouraged, fed up. brass hats Generals and staff
officers. brew up 1) See below. 2) To brew up a tank orother vehiclewasforitto
behit bygunfire ...
5
Shorter Slang Dictionary
See also brew up. brewed drunk, intoxicated. A term used by Hell's Angels and
their adherents in the 1980s. brewer's droop temporary impotence brought on by
drinking beer or other alcoholic liquor. Possibly since the mid-19th century. brew
...
Paul Beale, Eric Partridge, Rosalind Fergusson,
2003
6
Chambers concise dictionary
2 [also brew up) tr & intr to make (tea, coffee, etc) by mixing the leaves, grains, etc
with boiling water. 3 intr to be in the process of brewing • Let the tea brew for a
while. 4 [also brew up) intr to get stronger and threaten • There's a storm brewing.
7
There was a Piper, a Scottish Piper
He would turn around and face all the trucks, pull out his megaphone, hoist it up
several times as though drinking beer, and yell, “BREW UP! ” For us, this was tea.
Out would come the old Italian petrol can with the sand in it, and in would go the ...
8
British Armour in the Normandy Campaign
Combustibility In addition to the perceived inadequacies of armour protection,
Allied crews were also greatly concerned about the unnerving propensity of the
Sherman to burst into flames, or 'brew up', when penetrated and disabled.
Word was finally passed to stand down, brew up and light up. One person
commenced his morning routine, shaving, eating ect whilst the other cleaned his
weapon. Sitting there on my pack to keep my bum from getting wet I surveyed the
map ...
10
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
N the brew's wet or she's wet, the tea has been made (Senior Commissioned Bo'
sun L.D.M. Roberts, MBE, letter, 1951). Cf. also brew up, 1.—4. 'Concocted fuel
with alcohol base' (Dunford): motorcyclists': since ca. 1950. Cf. blue stink.—5.