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Winesop

//ˈwaɪnˌsɒp// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of bread soaked in wine; a small cake made with grapes or wine.

    "Hence the proverb […] "to reduce one whose meal is a winesop to a dry crust.""

  2. 2
    A drunkard, a wino. broadly, derogatory, figuratively

    ""I'm going to give you Mr. Whish — or the winesop that remains of him," continued Attwater."

Etymology

From Middle English wyne soppe, wynesoppe; equivalent to wine + sop.

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