sack-whey
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
- An alcoholic drink of sherry with whey (weak milk) and sugar.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book xiii:
- "Won't you allow him sack-whey?" said the landlady.—"Ay, ay, sack-whey," cries the doctor, "if you will, provided it be very small."