Sack-whey

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An alcoholic drink of sherry with whey (weak milk) and sugar. uncountable

    ""Won't you allow him sack-whey?" said the landlady.—"Ay, ay, sack-whey," cries the doctor, "if you will, provided it be very small.""

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""Won't you allow him sack-whey?" said the landlady.—"Ay, ay, sack-whey," cries the doctor, "if you will, provided it be very small.""

Etymology

From sack (“sherry”) + whey.

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