john's-draught

Updated: August 20, 2026

Now, the other women considered it impolite, even sinful, for, at the first draught, the so-called "John's-draught," it is looked upon as sinful to hold back not to respond; and the men also let themselves be persuaded, so that for a time nothing was heard but the clinking and putting down of glasses. "Father is right," old Dame Landfried at last said to her daughter.

- The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 : Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English