verb. (common).—1. To drink: see LUSH. Hence SAMPLE-ROOM = a drinking bar.
1847. W. T. PORTER, ed., A Quarter Race in Kentucky, etc., 118. Old T. never SAMPLES too much when on business.
18[?]. H. PAUL, The World Turned Upside Down [BARTLETT]. John Gough opened a SAMPLE-ROOM, and served out beer and gin.
2. (venery).—To fumble, or occupy a woman for the first time.
