UPSEE-DUTCH
\ʌpsˈiːdˈʌt͡ʃ], \ʌpsˈiːdˈʌtʃ], \ʌ_p_s_ˈiː_d_ˈʌ_tʃ]\
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An old phrase signifying in the Dutch style or manner: Dutch-like: as, to drink upsee Dutch, to drink in the Dutch manner; that is, to drink deeply. "Drink me upsey-Dutch."-Beau. & Fl. Similarly UPSEE-FREEZE, in the Frisian manner. Beau & Fl. use the phrase Upsey-English-English-like. The liquor seems sometimes to be meant by these terms.
By Daniel Lyons
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basidiomycota
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