Citations:syllabub
English citations of syllabub
- A drink dating back to the 16th century consisting primarily of milk curdled with an alcoholic beverage or some acid such as lemon juice, which is usually then sweetened and spiced.
- Also everlasting syllabub or solid syllabub: a dessert pudding derived from the drink.
- 1957 November, Agatha Christie, 4.50 from Paddington, London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, →OCLC:
- Mushroom soup. Curried chicken and rice. Syllabubs. A savoury of chicken livers and bacon.
- (figuratively) Something lacking substance; frothy, insubstantial, lightweight.