brandywine
See also: Brandywine
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch brandewijn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɹændiwaɪn/
Noun
brandywine (countable and uncountable, plural brandywines)
- (archaic) Brandy.
- 1676, Richard Wiseman, “Of Tumours: Of Pernio”, in Eight Chirurgical Treatises, Book I, Ch. XIII:
- Socks dipt in Brandy-wine, and worn, are preventive.
- 1906, Rudyard Kipling, A Smuggler's Song:
- Running round the woodlump if you chance to find
Little barrels, roped and tarred, all full of brandy-wine,
Don't you shout to come and look, nor use 'em for your play.
Put the brishwood back again—and they'll be gone next day!
References
- “brandywine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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