glass of welcome
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]glass of welcome (plural glasses of welcome)
- A drink taken in celebration of a welcoming.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 291:
- Some one met them on the steps to give the guests a glass of welcome, and they gave father a glass also, but he said, 'No, thanks!' he would not have anything he said, for he had only his old clothes on, and would not intrude on such fine folks.