winesop
noun/ˈwaɪnˌsɒp/
Etymology From Middle English wyne soppe, wynesoppe; equivalent to wine + sop.
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A piece of bread soaked in wine; a small cake made with grapes or wine.
- Hence the proverb […] "to reduce one whose meal is a winesop to a dry crust."1877, Saturday review of politics, literature, science and art, volume 43, page 649:
- Beatriz, for all her seeming frailty, had borne the long strain better, and presently came, offering winesops, the recognised restorative; small pieces of fine white bread soaked in wine.1974, Norah Lofts, Crown of aloes:
2 more examples
- His wife gave her a winesop to eat and after, undressing her, put her to bed; and they contrived that night to have her and her maid carried to Florence.circa 1982, John Payne, Decameron (translated from Giovanni Boccaccio's Italian)
- Winesops 1 cup butter 1 1.2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed 1 cup molasses […] 1 cup currants2006, Rae Katherine Eighmey, How creative cooks fed the soul and spirit of America's heartland, page 23:
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Broadly, Derogatory, Figuratively A drunkard, a wino.
- "I'm going to give you Mr. Whish — or the winesop that remains of him," continued Attwater.1913, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, The ebb-tide: A trio and a quartette, page 214:
- […] "we're being maneuvered into providing a gala State funeral for that reprobate winesop."2000, Stephen Lawhead, Avalon: The Return of King Arthur, page 61:
1 more example
- "Aye, he was good at skulking around and acting like a winesop or an idiot."2003, Sagas of Conan, page 293:
- Related terms
- milksop