ginger wine
Britishnoun
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If the knee be lacerated, apply tinder to stop the bleeding; if the moxa should suppurate, spread a plaster; if a cold be caught, prepare medicine and garlic and gruel, and ginger wine!
From Tales of Old Japan by Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron
“No rum, gentlemen?” said Silas; “well, you do astonish me; but you’ll taste my wife’s green ginger wine, and drink her health?”
From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Stables, Gordon
We had ginger wine at supper, to celebrate Helena's return.
From The Legacy of Cain by Collins, Wilkie
The Scottish housekeeper, Mrs. Wallace, was also a devoted friend and a great dispenser of cakes, ices, and home-made cowslip and ginger wine.
From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh
For the children he concocted a marvellous mixture, which he called an “eye-composer,” the chief ingredients being hot lemonade, ginger wine, sugar, oranges, and raspberry vinegar.
From Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
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