Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common Anglo-Indian word for champagne. Also spelled
simpkin .
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Examples
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She kept the bridecake, and enclosed to the gallant captain Gosslett's bill for the dozen of simkin that excellent firm had sent in to wash it down wherewithal.
Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Archibald Forbes 1869
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The mild Hindoo imbibes it quietly, but approvingly, as he watches the evolutions of the Nautch girls, and his partiality for it has already enriched the Anglo-Bengalee vocabulary and London slang with the word “simkin.”
Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines Henry Vizetelly 1857
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Demijohns of French loll-shrub and carboys of iced simkin.
Alanat News 2008
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