table drink meaning: definition, quotations

table drink

noun

Uncommon Any type of inexpensive beverage that is consumed during a meal.

Some there are, who have taken it uſually, inſtead of Wine [which is their table-drink in Spain] at Diner, and Supper1662, Henry Stubbe, The Indian Nectar, Or a Discourse Concerning Chocolata: Wherein the Nature of the Cacaonut is Examined: The Ways of Compounding and Preparing Chocolata are Enquired Into Together with a Spagyrical Analysis of the Cacao-nut, Performed by Monsieur Le Bebure, page 115:
The thin light vin du pays is the table-drink of the poorest peasantry.1817, Lady Morgan (Sydney), Sir Thomas Charles Morgan, France, Volume 1, page 65:

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One of the most delicious of all table drinks, cocoa - a favorite with children in every part of the world, especially in Europe has a history that reaches back to the Spanish conquest of Mexico and contains many dark and forbidding chapters.1917, Forrest Crissey, The Story of Foods, page 402:
not only are they alcoholic drinks obtained by fermentation but they have the same uses (table drinks and thirst-quenching drinks).1984, European Parliament (publisher), Working Documents, numbers 1-99, page 22:
A low rate of arterial sclerosis among the people of southern France, where red rather than white wine is the preferred table drink.1994, Waterloo Region Record:
As William Pokhlyobkin, Russia's renowned expert on food history noted: "attempts to mix vodka with improper dishes are dangerous, as these attempts may ensue in vodka being discredited as a gastronomically essential table drink ...1998, Dmitry Karbyshev, “The Perfect Vodka Appetizer”, in Russian Life, volume 41, page 44:

Uncommon Any type of drink that is associated with bottle service.