glass of welcome

Meanings

nounglass of welcome (plural glasses of welcome)

A drink taken in celebration of a welcoming.
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.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 291

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