Dutch Gleek
. Tippling. Gleek is a game, and the phrase means the game loved by Dutchmen is drinking.
“Nor could be partaker of any of the good cheer except it were the liquid part of it, which they call ‘Dutch Gleek.ʹ”—Gayton.
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.