Crossword clues for sillabub
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.]
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.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of syllabub English)
WordNet
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.