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English
Etymology
From German Hochheimer (“from Hochheim”), from the name of the German town of Hochheim am Main.
Noun
hockamore (uncountable)
- (obsolete) A Rhenish white wine.
c. 1660–1680, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part III, canto III:Restor'd the fainting high and mighty / With brandy-wine and aqua-vitae; / And made 'em stoutly overcome / With bachrach, hockamore, and mum;
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