Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Meridian

(A). A noonday dram of spirits.

“He received from the hand of the waiter the meridian, which was placed ready at the bar.” —Sir Walter Scott: Redgauntlet, chap. i.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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