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Spiced hot milk with rum or wine
Answer for the clue "Spiced hot milk with rum or wine ", 8 letters:
sillabub
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sillabub \Sil"la*bub\, n. [Cf. sile to strain, and bub liquor, also Prov. E. sillibauk.] A dish made by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus forming a soft curd; also, sweetened cream, flavored with wine and beaten to a stiff froth. [Written also syllabub ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. spiced hot milk with rum or wine [syn: syllabub ] sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor [syn: syllabub ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of syllabub English)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also sillibub , syllabub , etc., 1530s, of unknown origin. Drink or dish of milk and wine or cider, often sweetened. Figurative sense of "floridly vapid prose" is from 1706.
Usage examples of sillabub.
I have mopped him up and put his shirt to soak - always remember, my dear, cold water is the only thing for blood - and he is eating sillabub in the kitchen.
Then pudding in the ordinary sense made its appearance: apple tart for Stephen, sillabub for Sir Joseph.
It was during the collation that followed - a pair of fowls, a glazed tongue, sillabub, flummery and maids of honour - that he began to break out.