brandywine

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch brandewijn.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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brandywine (countable and uncountable, plural brandywines)

  1. (archaic) Brandy.
    • 1676, Richard Wiseman, “Of Tumours: Of Pernio”, in Eight Chirurgical Treatises, Book I, Ch. XIII:
      Socks dipt in Brandy-wine, and worn, are preventive.
    • 1906, Rudyard Kipling, A Smuggler's Song:
      Running round the woodlump if you chance to find
      Little barrels, roped and tarred, all full of brandy-wine,
      Don't you shout to come and look, nor use 'em for your play.
      Put the brishwood back again—and they'll be gone next day!

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