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Gladstone claret

English

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Etymology

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After William Ewart Gladstone, who reduced the duty on French wines.

Noun

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Gladstone claret (countable and uncountable, plural Gladstone clarets)

  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) Cheap claret.

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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