Posted by guest on February 14, 2006 at 08:55:10:
I noticed some type of explanation on the front page for the orgin of the term "shot" glass. Has anyone heard that a small glass was placed next to a plate after a hunting party. While eating the wild fowl / game that had just been peppered with birdshot the lead peelets would be disposed in the small glass next to the plate. Thus the term "shot" glass, a receptacle for lead pellets (shot) discharged from a shotgun.