sack-whey

noun

sack-whey

noun

Etymology From sack (“sherry”) + whey.

1

An alcoholic drink of sherry with whey (weak milk) and sugar.

"Won't you allow him sack-whey?" said the landlady.—"Ay, ay, sack-whey," cries the doctor, "if you will, provided it be very small."1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book XIII:

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