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sack-whey
sack-whey
English
Noun
sack-whey (uncountable)
- An alcoholic drink of sherry with whey (weak milk) and sugar.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VII, chapter xiii
- "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."
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VII, chapter xiii