| 词汇 | wetting a commission |
| 词源 | wetting a commission. Wetting a commission was an old naval custom, dating back over a century, which consisted of giving a party to a naval officer who had just received his com- mission. The parchment commission was formed into a cornu- copia, filled with champagne, and drunk from as it was passed from hand to hand. |
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