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ciderkin

noun

Etymology

From cider + -kin; A Dictionary of the English Language calls it a "low word". Johnson then specifies in his time that it was brewed from "murk or gross matter of apples, after the cider is pressed out... [with] boiled water added to it; the whole infusing for about forty-eight hours."

  1. derived from שֵׁכָר
  2. derived from σίκερα
  3. derived from sīcera
  4. derived from cisdre
  5. inherited from sider
  6. suffixed as ciderkin — “cider + kin”

Definitions

  1. A weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water

    A weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water; considered a drink for commoners, and traditionally often given to children.

    • Cyderkin […] is made for the common drinking of servants, […]supplying the place of Small-beer.

The neighborhood

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