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Definition of Round of drinks
1. Noun. A serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic). "He ordered a second round"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Round Of Drinks
Literary usage of Round of drinks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Women of Tomorrow by William Hard (1911)
"Jim orders a round of drinks. Jim is willing to eat his hat if Dora's divorce
wasn't her husband's fault. Must have been. Never saw the husband. ..."
2. The Social Evil in Chicago: A Study of Existing Conditions with by Chicago (Ill.). Vice Commission (1911)
"One of the rules of this place h that a girl is supposed to make each man spend
at least 40 cents for every round of drinks. The building in which this hall ..."
3. Yankee Swanson: Chapters from a Life at Sea by Andrew Walfrid Nelson (1913)
"Round after round of drinks was called for, and as Jack and I did not drink, one
of the ladies of the house passed around my hat and collected fifteen ..."
4. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... apothegm in America, suggesting that it is time for some one "to set 'em up
again for the boys," or, in other words, to order a fresh round of drinks. ..."
5. The Pacific Monthly by William Bittle Wells, Lute Pease, Charles Erskine Scott Wood (1900)
"Thus elated, I ordered a round of drinks. Another 'pot' was won, and another
round of drinks ordered, and so on until the table, cards, men, chairs and room ..."
6. Jock of the Bushveld by Percy Fitzpatrick (1907)
"We had one round of drinks which was ' called ' by one of the horsemen, and then,
to return the compliment, another round called by one of us. ..."
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