Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Portuguese wine formerly much exported to England. It is made near Lisbon.

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Examples

  • A pause ensued, before the table was replenished — a sort of parenthesis in which Mr. Simpson, Mr. Calton, and Mr. Hicks, produced respectively a bottle of sauterne, bucellas, and sherry, and took wine with everybody — except Tibbs.

    Sketches by Boz 2007

  • The people were waiting for it; the young ladies, not accustomed to that drink, declined pledging their admirers until it was produced; the men, too, despised the bucellas and sherry, and were looking continually towards the door.

    The Bedford-Row Conspiracy 2006

  • It kills me with heaviness, stupor, and horrible dreams; and yet it was but a pint of bucellas, and fish.

    Lady Byron Vindicated Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 1870

  • It kills me with heaviness, stupor, and horrible dreams; and yet it was but a pint of bucellas, and fish.

    Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853

  • A pause ensued, before the table was replenished -- a sort of parenthesis in which Mr. Simpson, Mr. Calton, and Mr. Hicks, produced respectively a bottle of sauterne, bucellas, and sherry, and took wine with everybody -- except Tibbs.

    Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people Charles Dickens 1841

  • The people were waiting for it; the young ladies, not accustomed to that drink, declined pledging their admirers until it was produced; the men, too, despised the bucellas and sherry, and were looking continually towards the door.

    The Bedford-Row Conspiracy William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • In a snug corner might be seen a party of sober, quiet-looking gentlemen, taking their lobster and bucellas, whose first appearance would impress you with the belief of their respectability, but whom, upon inquiry, you would discover to be

    The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life Robert Cruikshank 1828

  • a bucellas over there that 's old, and a tolerable claret, and a Port to be inquired for under the breath, in a mysteriously intimate tone of voice, as one says, "I know of your treasure, and the corner under ground where it lies."

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • a bucellas over there that 's old, and a tolerable claret, and a Port to be inquired for under the breath, in a mysteriously intimate tone of voice, as one says, "I know of your treasure, and the corner under ground where it lies."

    Beauchamp's Career — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868

  • a bucellas over there that 's old, and a tolerable claret, and a Port to be inquired for under the breath, in a mysteriously intimate tone of voice, as one says, "I know of your treasure, and the corner under ground where it lies."

    Beauchamp's Career — Complete George Meredith 1868

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