supernaculum

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Definition von supernaculum im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

According to the rules of an old drinking game in which the drinker upturned the empty cup and had to drink more if the remaining droplets spilled beyond the edge of his fingernail

To drink to the last drop

A kind of mock Latin term intended to mean, upon the nail; used formerly by topers

Good liquor, of which not enough is left to wet one's nail

Etymologie

() Sham Latin, intended to mean upon the nail.