beer and skittles
beer and skittles · beer and skittleses
Fun times; pleasure and leisureFun times; pleasure and leisure.
Meaning
1 senses(UK, idiomatic, plural, plural only)Fun times; pleasure and leisure.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
Found as early as 1837, in Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, where it appears in the forFound as early as 1837, in Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, where it appears in the form, “It’s a reg’lar holiday to them—all porter and skittles”. The most common form, as a negative admonition, appears to have been popularized by Thomas Hughes in Tom Brown's School Days (1857, see quotation below).
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Forms
plural: beer and skittlesesSynonyms
15 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedgood times
See also
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