ciderkin
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English
Etymology
cider + -kin; A Dictionary of the English Language calls it a "low word". Johnson then specifies in his time that it was brewed from "murk or gross matter of apples, after the cider is pressed out... boiled water added to it; the whole infusing for about forty-eight hours."
Noun
ciderkin (uncountable)
- (historical, possibly dialectal) A weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water; considered a drink for commoners, and traditionally often given to children.
- 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. , 2nd edition, London: J H for H Mortlock , and J Robinson , published 1708, →OCLC:
- Cyderkin […] is made for the common drinking of servants, […] supplying the place of Small-beer.