c. 1399. Depos. Richard II [Wright (1838), 24]. Daunsinge to pipis,
In myrthe with moppis, myrrours of sin.
c. 1430. York Plays, 299. This mop meynes that he may marke men to
ther mede He makis many maistries and mervayles emange.
Verb. (common).—1. See quot. 1811. Also mop up.
1675. Cotton, Scoffer Scofft, in Works (1725), p. 261. I’ll stand,
or lie as thou dost pray me, And moppe too, if thou’lt not betray
me.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v. To mop up. To drink up. To empty a glass or
pot.
1851–61. H. Mayhew, London Lab., iii. 260. I have seen the youngest
mop up his half-quartern as well as I did.
1868. Whyte Melville, White Rose, xxix. He mopped up his champagne,
though, pretty freely. Do you suppose now, he could have been
drunk?