Malmsey
[mɑ:mzi]
Definition
(n.) A kind of sweet wine from Crete, the Canary Islands, etc.
Checker: Sabina
Definition
n. a sort of grape: a strong and sweet wine first made in Greece but now also in the Canary Islands and the Azores.
Typist: Nadine
Examples
- What good dinners you have--game every day, Malmsey-Madeira, and no end of fish from London. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Go and get a glass of Malmsey and a cake for my Lady Jane, Horrocks, you great big booby, and don't stand stearing there like a fat pig. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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