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winesop
English
Etymology
wine +? sop
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?wa?n?s?p/
Noun
winesop (plural winesops)
- A piece of bread soaked in wine; a small cake made with grapes or wine.
- 1877, in the Saturday review of politics, literature, science and art, volume 43, page 649:
- Hence the proverb […] "to reduce one whose meal is a winesop to a dry crust."
- 1974, Norah Lofts, Crown of aloes:
- 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.
- circa 1982, John Payne, Decameron (translated from Giovanni Boccaccio's Italian):
- 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.
- 2006, Rae Katherine Eighmey, How creative cooks fed the soul and spirit of America's heartland, page 23:
- Winesops
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1.2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1 cup molasses
- […]
- 1 cup currants
- 1877, in the Saturday review of politics, literature, science and art, volume 43, page 649:
- (figuratively, by extension, derogatory) A drunkard, a wino.
- 1913, Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, The ebb-tide: A trio and a quartette, page 214:
- "I'm going to give you Mr. Whish — or the winesop that remains of him," continued Attwater.
- 2000, Stephen Lawhead, Avalon: The Return of King Arthur, page 61:
- […] "we're being maneuvered into providing a gala State funeral for that reprobate winesop."
- 2003, Sagas of Conan, page 293:
- "Aye, he was good at skulking around and acting like a winesop or an idiot."
- 1913, Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, The ebb-tide: A trio and a quartette, page 214:
Synonyms
- (drunkard): alcoholic, souse, suck-pint; See also Thesaurus:drunkard
See also
- milksop
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- what does winesop mean
milksop
English
Etymology
From Middle English milksop, mylk sop, mylke soppe, equivalent to milk +? sop.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?lk?s?p/
Noun
milksop (plural milksops)
- A piece of bread sopped in milk.
- Bread pieces in a bowl, sprinkled with sugar, & covered in hot milk.
- (by extension, derogatory) A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person.
Synonyms
- (weak person): milquetoast, sissy, wuss; see also Thesaurus:milksop
Derived terms
- milksoppery
- milksoppish
- milksoppy
Translations
See also
- winesop
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