Hockamore

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Rhenish white wine. obsolete, uncountable

    "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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"Restor'd the fainting high and mighty / With brandy-wine and aqua-vitae; / And made 'em stoutly overcome / With bachrach, hockamore, and mum;"

Etymology

From German Hochheimer (“from Hochheim”), a Hobson-Jobson from the name of the German town of Hochheim am Main.

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white wine

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