supernacular

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I perfectly well recollect that the claret at Hawbuck's was not by any means so good as that of Hipsley's, while, on the contrary, some white hermitage at the Haws (by the way, the butler only gave me half a glass each time) was supernacular.

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  1. Having the quality of supernaculum; of first-rate quality; very good: said of liquor. Some white hermitage at the Haws (by the way, the butler only gave me half a glass each time) was supernacular. Thackeray, Book of Snobs, xxxi.

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  • I perfectly well recollect that the claret at Hawbuck's was not by any means so good as that of Hipsley's, while, on the contrary, some white hermitage at the Haws (by the way, the butler only gave me half a glass each time) was supernacular. —  The Book of Snobs
 

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