Negus
[ni:gәs]
Definition
(noun.) wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg.
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Definition
(n.) A beverage made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg, and lemon juice; -- so called, it is said, from its first maker, Colonel Negus.
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Definition
n. the title of the kings of Abyssinia.
n. a beverage of either port or sherry with hot water sweetened and spiced.
Checker: Rudolph
Examples
- He sat placidly perusing the newspaper, with his little head on one side, and a glass of warm sherry negus at his elbow. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He gave us, in his glass of negus, Better health to our young friend! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- No supper did Miss Potterson take that night, and only half her usual tumbler of hot Port Negus. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Leah, make a little hot negus and cut a sandwich or two: here are the keys of the storeroom. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- However, I could take some toast and some hot negus, and as I really enjoyed that refreshment, it made some recompense. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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