subs. phr. (common).—Bad beer, SWIPES (q.v.); hence indifferent LAP (q.v.) of any kind: cf. WHIP-BELLY-VENGEANCE.
1861. T. HUGHES, Tom Brown at Oxford, xli. ‘I thought you wouldn’t appreciate the widow’s tap,’ said East, watching him with a grin: ‘regular WHISTLE-BELLY VENGEANCE, and no mistake.’
