subs. (old cant).—Strong ale; STINGO (q.v.). For synonyms, see DRINKS and SWIPES.

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  c. 1530.  Hoow Gossip Mine [in Neuenglische Lezebuch (1895), p. 154].

        I know a draught of MERRY-GO-DOWN,
The best it is in all the town.

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  1599.  NASHE, Lenten Stuffe, Ded. [Harleian Miscellany, VI., 145]. I present you with meate, and you … can do no less than present mee with the best morning’s draught of MERRY-GO-DOWNE in your quarters.

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