brandywine

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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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