Tewkesbury mustard

English

Noun

Tewkesbury mustard (uncountable)

1. A kind of mustard made with grated horseradish root.
   • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:

     His wit's as thick as Tewkesbury mustard.