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- noun An
alcoholic drink ofsherry withwhey (weakmilk ) andsugar .
Etymologies
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Examples
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While Sophia, tormented with anxiety, knew not what to believer, nor what resolution to take; Susan arrived with the sack-whey.
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In the meantime, he procured a plaster for his own head, and helped to apply the poultice to that of his uncle, who was sent to bed betimes with a moderate dose of sack-whey, to promote perspiration.
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Ay, ay, sack-whey, cries the doctor, if you will, provided it be very small.
XIII. Containing the Great Address of the Landlady. Book VII 1917
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Lord help me, I should have had such lectures about the dangers of love and the night air on the lake, the risk arising from colds and fortune-hunters, the comfort and convenience of sack-whey and closed windows!
Chapter XVIII 1917
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Lord help me, I should have had such lectures about the dangers of love and the night air on the lake, the risk arising from colds and fortune-hunters, the comfort and convenience of sack-whey and closed windows!
Guy Mannering 1815
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Lord help me, I should have had such lectures about the dangers of love and the night air on the lake, the risk arising from colds and fortune - hunters, the comfort and convenience of sack-whey and closed windows!
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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Lord help me, I should have had such lectures about the dangers of love and the night air on the lake, the risk arising from colds and fortune-hunters, the comfort and convenience of sack-whey and closed windows!
Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Lord help me, I should have had such lectures about the dangers of love and the night air on the lake, the risk arising from colds and fortune - hunters, the comfort and convenience of sack-whey and closed windows!
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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In the meantime, he procured a plaster for his own head, and helped to apply the poultice to that of his uncle, who was sent to bed betimes with a moderate dose of sack-whey, to promote perspiration.
The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves Tobias George Smollett 1746
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-- "Won't you allow him sack-whey?" said the landlady.
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Henry Fielding 1730
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