Idiom
ball of malt
Meaning
A glass of whiskey.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He enjoyed a quiet ball of malt after work.”
“After a long day in the cold, he sat by the fire and ordered a ball of malt.”
“The old friends gathered at the tavern, each savoring a smooth ball of malt while they reminisced about their youth.”
Examples
simple
“He enjoyed a quiet ball of malt after work.”
contextual
“After a long day in the cold, he sat by the fire and ordered a ball of malt.”
complex
“The old friends gathered at the tavern, each savoring a smooth ball of malt while they reminisced about their youth.”
Origin
From *ball*, a term for a glass, and *malt*, denoting whiskey. The compound serves as an informal Irish designation for a measure of the spirit.
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