brandywine

noun
/ˈbɹændiwaɪn/

Etymology

Not known with certainty; so named since the 17th century; several long-held hypotheses exist, including a story of casks of brandywine that were spilled in the river's mouth in the colonial era, a fancied resemblance of the turbid water's color to that of brandywine, and an early Euro-American settler whose surname was similar to brandewijn or brandywine.

  1. borrowed from brandewijn

Definitions

  1. Brandy.

    • Socks dipt in Brandy-wine, and worn, are preventive.
    • Running round the woodlump if you chance to find Little barrels, roped and tarred, all full of brandy-wine, Don't you shout to come and look, nor use 'em for your play. Put the brishwood back again—and they'll be gone next day!
  2. A river or place in the United States

    A river or place in the United States:

  3. An heirloom cultivar of tomato with large potato-leaved foliage and large pink fruit.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA