| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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A heavy Dutch beer; Upsee Freese a Friesland strong ale; Upsee English, a strong English ale. Upsee Dutch also means tipsy, stupid with drink. | 1 |
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| “I do not like the dulness of your eye, |
| It hath a heavy cast; ’tis upsee-Dutch, |
| And says you are a lumpish whoremaster.” | |
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Ben Jonson: The Alchemist, iv. 4. |
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| “Yet whoop, Barnaby! off with thy liquor, |
| Drink upsees out, and a fig for the vicar.” | |
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Sir Walter Scott: Lady of the Lake, vi. 5. |
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“Teach me how to take the German upsy freeze, the Danish rouser the Switzer’s stoop of Rhenish.”—Dekker: Gull’s Hornbook (1609). |
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