Reverse Dictionary: GLASS (drinking)

NOUNS
► ACROBAT a drinking glass → 1912 Eng. sl.
► BAWDY-HOUSE GLASS a small glass → E19 sl.
► BOOMBA ► BOOMBAH ► BUMBA a large beer glass; a serving of beer in such a glass → 1970 Amer. dial.
► BRUSHER an exceedingly full glass → 1690 sl. obs.
► BUTCHER a small glass, used primarily for serving beer → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CINCI a small glass of beer; the glass itself → 1981 Amer. dial.
► DANDY a small jug; a small glass; a small glass of whisky; a small tumbler, commonly used for drinking punch → 1838 Irish
► DAYLIGHT 1. the space left in a glass between the top of the liquor and the rim; such a space is not allowed when drinking bumpers, thus the drinking toast ‘No daylight’ → L18 sl.
2. a glass not full → c1825 students’ sl.
► FACER 1. a brimming glass → obs.
2. a glass that holds a single dram of spirits → M19 sl.
► LADY BLAMEY a drinking glass made by cutting the top of a bottle using a kerosene-soaked string → 1945 Aust. sl.
► LADY’S FINGER a slender beer glass, with an hour-glass shape → 1930s Aust. sl.
► LADY’S WAIST a waisted glass in which beer is served; hence, the beer itself → c1920 Aust. sl.
► LADY’S WISH a slender beer glass, with an hour-glass shape → 1930s Aust. sl.
► LANCASHIRE LASS a glass, a tumbler; usually plural → c1880 Brit. rhyming sl.
► LONG-SLEEVER a tall glass; also, a drink contained in this → 1879 Aust. sl.
► MIDDY a medium-size drinking glass commonly holding half a pint and used for beer → 1940 Aust. sl.
► OPER a full glass of anything → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► PRAIRIE SCHOONER a large glass or mug, esp. for beer → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► QUONIAM a drinking glass → 1609 obs.
► SCHOONER a large glass or mug, esp. for beer → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SCUTTLE a large glass or mug, esp. for beer → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SHELL a standard 8-oz beer glass; a drink of beer → 1919 Amer. dial.
► SNAKE IN THE GRASS glass; orig., a looking glass, but later, a drinking glass → M19 Brit. rhyming sl.
► SNIFTER a small drink of alcoholic liquor; hence, a brandy glass; generally, a glass for spirits → 1844 US
► TAIZIE a cup, a glass; a bowl, a goblet → 1808 Sc.
► TALLBOY a tall-stemmed glass or goblet → 1676
► TALLEN a large wine glass → L17 sl.
► TANK the amount held by a drinking glass; hence, loosely, a drink, esp. of beer → 1936 sl.
► TASS a cup, glass, bowl, goblet, drinking vessel, esp. for spirits → 1704 Sc.
► TASSIE a cup, a glass, bowl, goblet, drinking vessel, esp. for spirits → 1788 Sc.
► TUB a large beer glass or stein → 1936 Amer. dial.
► VERRE a vessel made of glass, esp. a drinking vessel; a glass → 1382 obs.
► WORKING CLASS a glass (drinking) → 20C Brit. rhyming sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► GLASS-ORGANIST a performer on the musical glasses → 1759

VERBS
► CLAW to pick a glass up from its top → 1998 US sl.