Definitions

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  • noun Gin produced in Schiedam, a southern municipality of the Netherlands.

Etymologies

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Short for Schiedam schnapps.

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Examples

  • Cyril's valises were all securely packed on the horses, and then went off, promising to send Captain Dave a runnet of the finest schiedam from the Dutch Admiral's ship.

    When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire 1867

  • Mr. Hersebom brought out a bottle of "schiedam," which he had bought of

    The Waif of the "Cynthia" Jules Verne 1866

  • I have told you about their quiet family evenings with my uncle's pipe and schiedam, in which domino-parties of three were varied by the delightful treat of a symphony from one of the great masters, executed in a masterly style by a pretty little plump hand covered with pink dimples.

    French and Oriental Love in a Harem Mario Uchard

  • We drank some schiedam and two sorts of dry curaçoa.

    French and Oriental Love in a Harem Mario Uchard

  • Captain Fisher had kindly filled a small sack with bread, cheese, roasted beef, and a small jug of excellent schiedam.

    What I Saw in California Edwin Bryant

  • He got a spark on to a bit of punk, and then he blew at it, looking not unlike Aeolus as represented on those old Dutch charts that smell of schiedam and snuff, and give one mermaids and angels instead of soundings.

    The Blue Lagoon: a romance 1907

  • And, Mr. Farfrae, as you provide so much, and houseroom, and all that, I'll do my part in the drinkables, and see to the rum and schiedam -- maybe a dozen jars will be sufficient?

    The Mayor of Casterbridge 1887

  • And, Mr. Farfrae, as you provide so much, and houseroom, and all that, I'll do my part in the drinkables, and see to the rum and schiedam -- maybe a dozen jars will be sufficient?

    The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy 1884

  • Anyone could see that it was good old schiedam, for Tobias and his son nodded their heads and smacked their lips with pleasure.

    Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian Demetrios Vikelas 1871

  • What banquets, what carousals, with _sopies_ of the best schiedam, and long clay-pipes stuffed with the finest tobacco, when an exceptional haul of gold-dust or captives had come to hand!

    To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855

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